Thank You
An envelope from my sister-in-law and her husband arrived in the mail right before we left for Oregon. It was a little bulky and appeared to hold more than a standard card. I’ll get to the bulky part in a bit. The message on the card read, “Life Adventures Guaranteed, Instructions not Included”. What a great quote! We have not even begun the actual bike ride, but four-days into the road trip out we have already had surprises and adventures far beyond what we had imagined. Some interesting, many beautiful, some annoying, and some that have completely set us back. But as I said the other day, “a journey wouldn’t be as fun if it was a straight line.” Similarly, I can hardly expect the beautiful surprises without acknowledging there will be a few adverse ones. Brian and I were commenting today that part of what makes this journey so exciting is never knowing what the next turn will bring. Each day we start our bike ride about the only thing we know with certainty is