Our first stop

Well, we made it out of Arcata, barely.  We were busy down to the last minute with all the final touches on the house, packing, and taking care of Freya.  It is still hard to believe that this year that we've been talking about and planning for years is finally here.  We have a week to spend in New York, seeing family and friends, and then we are really off into the world.  I hope that we will be able to draw on the impulses from "the age of exploration" during our year of exploration.  We will be comparing and contrasting our experiences with experience of people who's explorations had huge impacts on people during their times and in times still to come.  Grand goals, perhaps?