All Journeys Come to an End...

And so has our journey, at least this year.

I would do it over again in a heartbeat, but I must admit that it is very nice to finally be home. Especially since the journey from the ship to the doorstep of home was a little over 24 hours, thanks again to our friends at United Airlines and the TSA for making that journey that much more difficult.

Hopefully we'll be posting the highlight reel of the close to 1,000 pictures we took during the course of the trip. That's the danger with digital cameras with 4GB memory cards: there's this constant need to snap pictures at every turn without realizing the sheer volume of photos with which you'll finally end up. I'd especially love to post a set of pictures that went wrong - those poses that were great ideas at the time, but didn't turn out exactly as planned (although I don't think Christine would appreciate it all that much...)

So for those of you reading the blog, thanks for keeping up with the entries, and until next year's vacation...

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Simran said…
Joe -

I read through your blog, sounds like an awesome trip! Nice to go to places with so much history.
Welcome back!

Simran
August 27, 2008 at 3:15 PM
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