What do you know? We're going on tour!

 In just over a month, we will be starting out on an amazing adventure--a trip the whole way around the world! The planning has been and continues to be intense. We have contacted many of the friends and family-members around the globe who have generously invited us to visit over the past twenty plus years; we have researched locations, transportation, accomodation, and activities in many countries; we have been introduced to an amazing travel agent who has put together so many astounding combinations of the things we need--for prices we can handle--that I don't think we could have done this trip without her; we have hunted high and low for the right people to stay in our home and love our cats while we are away; and finally, things are coming together!