We are only 37 days away from launch!  We are so excited yet slightly overwhelmed.  There are so many things we must do in the next 6 weeks.  We have already bought most of our gear that we will be taking, we have booked our major flights, and some hotels/hostels.  We have our route sketched out, for the most part.  We have suffered through the not so fun part of trip planning, vaccinations and the dreaded discussion with the boss…Ok, I guess it wasn’t that bad.

Over the next few weeks we will be packing up all none essential items to go into storage while we are gone, closing up all loose ends for our jobs, saying goodbye to our friends and family, and saying one of the saddest goodbyes to our baby (or actually rather large) Labrador, Ruger.