It has been brought to my attention, both by my conscience and my friends that I need to bring closure to our Blog. We have not dropped off the face of the earth we are simply adjusting to being home again. Individually and collectively it has been an overwhelming and unexpected challenge! In fact returning home may very well be the most difficult stage of our entire journey. First however, I must thank you all immensely for joining us on our expedition. ...

The most comforting feeling is that of the familiar. 373 days had passed since we last entered our home and the emotions ran high... curiosity, excitement, and serenity, a sense of achievement, a sense of completion, and a deep inner sigh! Family, friends, and neighbours welcomed us home and the celebrating began. We are thankful for wonderful renters who, as my brother-in-law so lovingly pointed out, kept our home better than we did! Now, however, the a...

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We have been asked many questions on our journey about why we were doing what we were doing but the most difficult question has always been, "What was the best part of your trip?" Our standard (and most politically correct) answer was to always reply right where we were was the best! Philosophically I`m not convinced there can be a best part of such a journey as ours and analytically how would we define best if we could? Thus we have been wracking our brains...

Well, what a party! On Saturday, July 28th, Jessica Kornelsen (Tim's niece) married Joshua Derksen (a hunter-gatherer fellow with a lot of hair). The wedding was lovely and the reception deliciously fun. We were together again with Tim's mom and all five of his sisters (and their hubbies of course). It's the fanciest we've been for an entire year! In fact, even Naomi was in a dress (a phenomenon that hasn't come to pass in over 5 years!). We took Luc (one...