Why would you do that?



My first upload attempt!





"Not all those who wander are lost"

J.R.R. Tolkien

            The other day I was talking to a group of friends about my trip and someone asked? “Why would you want to do that?”  At the time we were talking about the lack of showers and the distance that would be traveled each day. It was like the person could not believe that I would want to go to a place without hot water and walk on purpose for 5-6 hours in December! I guess we get accustom to certain things in life and some people could not live without them. This reminds me about a time that we took my son’s computer and cell phone away from him. He asked “How am I going to be able to talk to my friends and live?” I had flashbacks to the 80’s and had to ask myself “How we were able to survive?” We did OK and that brings me back to our discussion and what it all means.

Wander vb wandered; wandering 1: to move about aimlessly or without a fixed course or goal: RAMBLE 2: to deviate (as from a course) STRAY b: to go astray morally c: to lose normal mental concentration: stray in thought.

          Maybe J.R.R. Tolkien was on to something when he wrote “Not all those who wander are lost”. Could this be a main goal for this trip? To take some time to live and wander. Opening one’s self up to new places and new things and even new customs to help to better understand how good we really have it!

          The above photo is my first attempt to download a photo to my blog and I hope you enjoy it. It is something I have been working on for two years and it is right above my desk at work. If Sheldon can use a white board so can I! Bazinga…

In a heartbeat

I’ll be there in a heartbeat!

36 days to go.

        I recently started tracking all the spots I have travelled to on Trip advisor and it showed me that I have been to 132 cities, 11 countries and still have only traveled to 7% of the world! I guess I need to get busy. How much have you traveled?

         On Anthony Bourdain's last travel show he made a statement which really rang true, “Whatever you do, just get off the couch and do it!” So this is my challenge to you!

        Since my last post I have had many people approach me and ask me questions about the trip. It has been fun sharing my quest with so many people. As time ticks away towards take off day I think back about how much I have done to get to this point and how many people it has taken. For this I thank them all for all the support and well wishes for me to accomplish this dream.

        Wanted to pass on something somebody sent me recently. “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves” by: Edmund Hillary  Make today the best you can and stay tunes for more…….