This Is It!

Today’s the day we’ve been dreaming of, planning, and discussing for nearly two years: Departure Day!

On one hand, we feel thoughtful and reflective.  A far better writer than me put it like this:

AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road,

Healthy, free, the world before me,

The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune–I myself am good fortune;

Henceforth I whimper no more, need nothing,

Strong and content, I travel the open road.

— Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road

Let’s be serious, though.   We are leaving today to see the world! This is pretty much how we’re going to look walking to the plane: