Strive...to travel

I love to travel. I love to get in the car (train, plane, boat) and go...although getting in the car to go to class has lost it's appeal... I love to see new places, meet new people and learn about other cultures and societies. Growing up, it was important to my parents that I saw a foreign land and was "cultured." Many thanks go out the Girl Scouts of USA for allowing me many opportunities. I was fortunate to go backpacking in the Washington Cascades, rock climbing in Costa Rica and build some habitat houses in central Mexico. I loved every second and wish I could go back and do it again and again...

On the other hand, Alex has traveled very very little. Our honeymoon was his first experience on an air plane and out of the country. He has only been to a hand full of states and never further west of Missouri and east of Indiana. 

This leads me to our Strive moment of the week: We are striving to travel more. Before we were married, living in our "money is no object" bubble, we made a list of all the countries, cities and states we wanted to visit and experience. Our list is as follows:

1. Paris, France

2. Italy

3.South Africa

4. Carlsbad, California and So Cal

5. New Orleans

6. New York City

7. everywhere else.....

There is a lot of World and only two of us, but our hope is to see as much as possible and live life as adventurously as possible. Hopefully we can get ta goin'! But for now, Mt. Zion is our soonest destination...for my Birthday and the "BIG Move!" 

Psalm 121:8 - The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Hanging out on the "back porch" aka cliff in Costa Rick

Honeymoon adventure. We went zip lining! 

Happy Honeymoon!