Well, its 11:54pm and we’ve had a long day of preparing for the trip. We’ve also have had a while to consider this trip and why we’re doing it. The short answer is that our kids are getting older… oh that’s right and so are we, anyway before life happens and our family is separated by responsibilities other then our own, we are going to take advantage of this day, this time to be together.

We’ve loosely planned this trip since January. At first I was hesitant to tell people our intention as there is always this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach that people are going to look at me and say “Are you crazy! Your gonna be in the car for how long and with your kids?“… well I got over that quickly. I guess when you hear the same reaction over and over again it just becomes cliché.

Here is the clincher. This past month, when I told people that we were actually gonna do it… we were going to pile in a van and drive all the way to California and back… the tune changed. Many have confessed that they wished they could do what we’re doing – just taking off.

This trip started to be about our family, and though we haven’t left yet, it already has become something different. Now i don’t just want to take my family. I want to take all my friends with me and let them enjoy the pleasure of “just taking off”.

My friends, this trip is for you (and you know who you are). Jump in the van with us. Partake of the cheesy road snacks, the hard mattress hotels and the unknown. Stay tuned because we don’t want you to miss a thing.

forever thanking God for this delight,
george
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