cheers!

So much time in between, but I know that Jenny and the kids have been keeping you up tp date. I won´t go over the same stuff, but I will touch upon a few momoents...
I think to be honest I am still trying to process Maccu Picchu. It´s a lot to take in! Not only the immense beauty and awe, but learning and seeing first hand the pure genius of the Incas...Not something I thought I would ever do, but feel so lucky to have witnessed...and, Mom, get ready! October 12, 2014...

So, today is Friday...I think´we´re all pretty ready...the last 24 hours were unexpectedly trying. We knew we were going to check out Colca Canyon (larger than the Grand Canyon), but I at least certainly did not know that we would be on a 5 hour drive to get there! I´m all about adventure, but the long bumpy, dusty drive wore me to the core. We were however lucky enough to see condors gliding through the air with presence and grace (but I think we decided the Grand Canyon is in fact more grand - the colors don´t compare).
I am looking forward to tomorrow - we get to be on our own again, explore at our own speed; we´re going to a Farmer´s Market outside of Lima...
Like Jenny mentioned, we have been going nonstop for 3 weeks staight, and going at a pace and style that we are not accustomed to...though it has been an incredible adventure! One that I am surely thankful for...I love traveling as the four of us. I love seeing things through all of our different eyes...we all add something ünique to the trip...certainly in some ways, this is the end of an era...
...as happy and as thrilled and as excited I am for the upcoming move to San Diego...it does mean not as much time spent as the crazy foursome that we have become!

ok, muy cansada, looking forward to my last (inside) shower for awhile...and don´t want to get too sappy in this strange office...

so, thnaks everyone for joining along - i´m sure we will probably add more even after we get home - pictures for sure, forgotten stories, silly moments...

until then,
mucho amore and many besos from Peru!
christin