You should take a trip!

I have had more time today to reflect upon our trip than I normally do.  I had to drive the 2.5 hours back to Seattle to pick up my debit card.  I was a bit annoyed at myself for doing something stupid like that and generally I prefer to stay as far away from big cities as possible.  I don't like the noise, the crowds, the people, the expenses related to cities, I tend to shy away from the general hipness of cities.  So I guess I was being punished because I had to go back.  Once I got back to the area where the restaurant was I spent 30 minutes driving around trying to find a parking spot for the truck.  Cities are not made to park full-sized trucks.  After cramming myself into a spot and walking the 10 blocks back to the restaurant, I hightailed it out of the city.

Then something started to change, I was making my way out of the city, it was around 8:30pm and the sun was setting behind the Olympic mountains.  I saw about 30 sailboats having a regatta.  It was a very peaceful scene.  My mood started to do a one hundred and eighty degree turn.

Driving up I-5 to get back towards the mountains I realized what a great trip this has been.  Misa and I are so lucky that we are able to make this happen.  We have met a lot of great people, seen a lot of great and amazing places.  I am not sure where we will end up when the trip is over, but the whole experience has been amazing.  It hasn't always been perfect days and sunny skies, but looking back over the past 3 months, it has been such a great journey.

I think a trip everyone should take a trip like this at least once in their lifetime.  We all make so many excuses about why we can't do it: whether it is work obligations, family, money, time, etc.  It is possible if you really want it.

We are in the beginning of creating our own life and this trip is really the start of all of it.

 

Sometimes we run into roadblocks on our trip!