A Late Explanation

So, most of our subscribers already have the scoop on mine and Heather's new life style choice. None the less I think the first post should have a bit of a synopsis for what it is we are doing. To say it quickly, for those that don't want to read past this point, Heather and I will be traveling the world for several years.

Ah, pleasure to see that you kept reading. For awhile now we have planned on seeing the world, awhile being 9 months-ish. Why? For us there are too many reasons to write each specific one but I will shoot out a few important ones.

First of which, a big one for me, making the world smaller. That sounds counter intuitive considering the global population but of course I mean it metaphorically. Small living seems to lead to small thinking, I've met a few people that don't believe a world exists outside of the width of their shoulders. I've got a good Mark Twain quote for this bit, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” I'll leave it at that.

Secondly, all the other awesome stuff... I think people can fill this area in just as well as me, so I'll leave it to you folks.

We've covered the who, what, and why. I suppose I ought to cover where and when. The where is a tentative list of 22 countries. Here they are in order-ish.

Portugal
Spain
France
U.K.
Ireland
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Kenya
South Africa
India
Nepal
China
Hong Kong
Thailand
Singapore
Indonesia
Japan
Australia
New Zealand

There is a lot of where, and I don't blame you if you stopped reading locations half way through and jumped down to this paragraph.

 Lastly when? Well....now. As I've been writing this I've been sitting on a large deck in the warm sun and cool breeze of Portugal. I had anticipated writing this first post before we left but a large portion of Hell broke loose. We were so busy chasing our "damned" last needed items all across Indianapolis with insomnia and our fancy backpacks, that we found ourselves sitting on a plane with our "Hope we didn't forget that," thoughts before our heads were screwed on tight enough to know where up is. Or was?

I imagine a few of you, the people that have been around for all the planning, may like to know more about Portugal and updates on our activities. Well, prepare yourself for what may be a couple days wait. 

Here's a hint though, it's beautiful.

T.  Cullen Morris