Thirty Years and a Day.

Yup, it's been thirty years since we started adventuring together; actually 35 if you count the years we dated.

In that time we have lived in:
Marshalltown, Iowa
Melbourne, Iowa
Plano, TX
Richardson, TX
Back to Plano
Newport Beach, CA
Lake Forest, CA
Back to Plano Tx
Taipei, Taiwan

When we are all finished with our adventuring, we plan to return once again to Plano, TX. It is a slice of the American Dream of Suburbia and it works well for these adventurers.

Next week, we are off to Korea. That will put the number of countries visited for me to 26. Mark has been to well over 30 already.

You might say that we love to travel and that would be somewhat true. Actually, the traveling part is getting tedious, but once we arrive at our destination, the travel is well worth the adventure we experience. We do love to try new experiences and to meet new people, to see new places.

Not everyone loves America. The United States is largely misunderstood world-wide and that is the fault of Americans. Still to some extent, everyone wants what Americans aleady have achieved as a nation. Where ever I go, I am proud to be an American. I do not wave the flag or provoke people who believe differently than I do, but it is there and I do not deny it. We have been told over and over that the American passport is the "golden " passport because it can take you places that are not easily accessible to citizens of all other countries.

I wouldn't trade my adventuring for a quieter life now, but I am happy knowing that eventually I will return to the suburban American life. It will be a great way to finish.