After six months of planning, the time is almost here. We will begin our cross-Canada tour on July 29, making stops in every one of our wonderful and diverse provinces, and return home to Nanaimo, BC on October 11, 2015. What spurred this trip? Many things – love of adventure and travel, hoping for a better understanding of the world around us, learning from and laughing with the people we meet, the excitement of finally seeing this incredible, vast country from end to end, a wedding, a family reunion, seeing friends and family. But what got the fire really burning was the fact that Tim and I have lost four very important people in our lives over the last five years. It hit us profoundly that life is short and we need to live now, enjoy
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