LIFE IS GOOD!

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Sitting in San Francisco, backpack stuffed, and ready to go. I've been super hyper all morning - I can't believe we're leaving in a few hours for Sydney! This is very surreal . . . of course the 20 hrs on the plane should help in a sedation/reality check.

. . . I've had that Men at Work song in my head all morning! "Do you come from a land down under . . .can you hear, can you hear the thunder, you better run, you better take cover . . ."

Oh and also, we've decided that the theme of our trip is . . . LIFE IS GOOD. And it sure is!

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Photos

San Francisco
Home Sweet Home

Comments

[Missi's mom]

Life is wonderful!
Yeah! My girl Missi and her good friend Rachelle, newly engaged this weekend, have much to celebrate in their young and happy lives. Can't wait to hear all the adventures from the Land Down Under. Missi and I traveled together to Southern Spain in November and had a wonderful, memorable time. Expect to see some fabulous tales appear on this site! Hey, Missi and Rachelle - savor every moment!! Lots of love to you both, Missi's Mom

[Tarik]

Wow - so cute!
You ladys start taking names and kicking ass! Go go go!!! Love, KaderFamily*

[Miss's Mom]

Welcome to your new adventure!
It's a bright, crisp beautiful Sunday morning here in Sonoma, CA. I've logged on to see if there are any comments from Sydney yet. It's 11AM here, so you have probably arrived by now after a precedent-setting 20 hour flight. I panned the route map you posted and was agog over the distance! You flew over the N Am continent, then the Atlantic, then Africa, India, SE Asia, etc. to land in "dreamland." while there, do consider that the aborigine peoples there have been found by genetic mapping to be among the first peoples out of Africa 40 - 60K years ago. Hope you run into some of them during your travels. First on your agenda is the turtle experience. Hope you get something preternaturally meaningful out of that. Let's start here: In your baby album, which I don't know if you've ever seen, I posted a photo of a turtle to symbolize your father, and of a hare to represent your mother. No coincidence that you're drawn to the turtle --- it's embossed in your psyche! Draw close to this archetype, and, as Jungian psychologist Robert Johnson says, all you have to do is touch the deep-meaning symbol for psychological transformation to occur. On a different plane, your car is safe and sound in the garage here -- mushy brakes and all. I'm leaving for a week in Oregon, ending up in Las Vegas. Will try to hit a computer to follow your bloggings! Love, love - Mom

[Deb]

Good Wishes
I'm hoping that you and Rachelle have the time of your lives! We'll miss you, but trust that you are taking good care of yourselves...and having fun! Love and kisses, Deb