Searcy, United States

Today, I bought my plane ticket to Bangkok. I leave June 17, 2009, at 11:40 a.m. from Chicago O'Hare Airport. I decided that since this is my first concrete step toward my trip, I should commemorate it with my first blog entry (it also gave me an excuse ...

A travel blog entry by jwatson
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Well, I'm back home and well into my semester here at school. Everything is going well. I'm really enjoying getting to see all my friends that I didn't get to spend time with last semeter. Anyway, the news is that Osman, our Muslim guide in Egypt, just ...

We are so busy getting ready. The kids are ready for school, Rachel in 3rd grad and Benjamin in kindergarden.

So, as we conclude our journey, what have we learned about the good ol' USA--and about ourselves? First, the vital statistics: --13,600 miles --exactly four months, sleeping in the Airstream every night. When we parked at homes of friends and ...