Cruisin' with the Chaplain

It's the start of our travels around the world. We fly from Boston to Vancouver.

Bar Harbor, Maine, aboard the schooner Margaret Todd

Sailing with friends in their joy and sorrow

The countdown has begun for our upcoming sabbatical trip around the world. We leave Sept 20.

We will be visiting: Canada, LA, Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, England, Germany, Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Spain, Morocco, the Canary islands, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico and back to the USA.

One month from today is the start of our awesome adventure. I'm sitting in our backyard making a list of Autumn yard chores that normally wait almost until the snow flies! My little reading angel basks in the August morning sun, as do I.

Here we are, Ed and Ruth, once again on Lake Ossipee in New Hampshire. In just thirteen days in the dead of night (!) we will travel to Boston's Logan airport for the start of this incredible opportunity. The past year could not have flown any more quickly. So much to do, so little time! Time to finalize and downsize- let's see, packing for formal cruise dinners and warm weather, and for "tramping" in the cool/cold Spring of New Zealand and Fall in Germany- sounds easy, right? Lots of wash and wear, layering, and repetition! Lists and more lists! And it all needs to fit in the trunks of our rental cars! Uff da!