We have a rich history of traveling in our family. Karen grew up as a missionary kid in Venezuela and Colombia. Her parents’ work took them to most of the countries in South America during that time, and later to Russia, Latvia, and Canada. I grew up in a Navy family, moving up and down the east coast to different bases from which my father sailed to exotic ports all over Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Both of our families have impressive collections of 35mm slides documenting those travels.
Karen and I began our journey together with seven years in Germany, courtesy of the U.S.Army, the results of which were a cuckoo clock and two additions to the family. Well, four if you count the cats. We traveled through most of Europe during those years, hauling the boys along on trips to Italy and Belgium and the Netherlands. When we left the army, my first job was in California, near Los Angeles, which was almost like living in another country. :-) Philip was our souvenir from that part of our trek.
We like to travel.
