What began a year ago as merely a desire to do something different has taken shape as a yearlong trip spanning roughly 34,000 miles. The humor website Stuff White People Like has an article deriding taking a year off. As a fan of that website who often laughed at the other objects of scorn (such as being an expert on YOUR culture, expensive sandwiches and threatening to move to Canada), seeing that article soon after I had made the decision to take a year off was a punch to the gut. It wasn't enough of a gut punch to make me reconsider the trip, but it did make me scrap plans for an email distribution to keep people updated on our travels and instead make this website. Now, only those who really want to be updated (i.e., my mother, Magge's mother and maybe a handful of others) will be and there will be no unnecessarily clogged inboxes.
I will try to update this website as often as I can, as well as making sure Magge writes every once in a while, as I'm sure her entries will be less cynical and more emotionally fulfilling to read. We leave for Ecuador in two weeks, and I will post a few times before then, including our general itinerary so you can start thinking about where and when to meet us.
October 21, 2009
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Ahh! But your daddy was the very first person to respond to your website. I will be enjoying your "retirement". Who would have thunk it!
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Don't think of the article TAKING A YEAR OFF as a punch in the gut, just a tape d'amour. :) I will probably be glued to this page for the year that you're gone (or two years Magge planned :P)Have lots of fun!
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