In his early twenties, Bob spent a year and a half backpacking in Europe, acquiring a life-long love of travel in the process.  Then, a career change (an ill-considered venture into pig-farming) pretty much eliminated the possibility of exotic destinations.  Susan never had the opportunity to see the world, although she dearly wanted to.

In the last few years, we seem to have reached a stage in our life where we can take a bit of time off and our mortgage is paid down to a manageable level, so we are making travel our first priority.  The strategic use of Aerogold VISA cards in our business generates enough frequent-flyer points to allow us to go just about anywhere we want.  Susan has put in enough years at the paper mill to get a generous number of vacation weeks. Being self-employed, Bob can take a couple of weeks off at certain times of the year and nobody seems to notice that he is missing.

Each time we go on a trip, we keep a journal and then we turn it into a story.  We enjoy writing about our adventures and it helps us to remember them, too. We recently bought a digital camera, so now we can illustrate our stories.  As you can see, we are accumulating quite a collection.  A website is an easy way to share our stories and pictures with family and friends.  We hope you enjoy reading about our experiences as much as we enjoy writing about them.