My Brother and SIL's Excellant Adventure

[kathydwells]

I thought I would post this for all of you who like to travel, but just can't get away. My brother and Sis in law are on an adventure.

He quit his job after almost 30 years, and took off. He has worked very hard and he so deserves this. He is keeping a blog and I have to say, I never knew he could write so well.

Karen (sis in law), and Mike have taken some wonderful pictures and videos. They also have their traveling campanion with them. Forrest the Wonder Dog. We call him that because when my brother was building his house (the one that burned, for those of you who know the story), Forrest came strolling up one day. He had been shot in his right shoulder and was in bad shape. He was just a little puppy. Mike took him straight to the vet, they told him that he would probably loose his leg. Well, as you can see in the pictures he is just fine. No leg lost, and he is such a neat dog.

My daddy is keeping up with the miles they have gone. Since May they have been to 10 states, and driven over 5000 miles. They are headed down the Pacific Coast now and will be in California next week sometime.

There are some wonderful pictures of the beaches they have been to. Some great video as well.

Anyway, the blog is long, but well worth the read if you like to hear about different places. I will warn you though, sometimes he gets a little "colorful" with his choice of words.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Here is the link:

http://mikekarenadventure.blogspot.com/



p.s. if you look down to the left of the blog you will dates. You can start at the beginning, or just pick up with them now.

 

[DD]

I love this! Thanks for posting! I have put it in my favorites and will follow along on the adventures. How wonderful that they're able to do this! Forrest is too cute!!

 

[sunspotbaby]

Very cool.

 

[Ocean Lover]

Yay! Thanks for posting this...it'll be funn to read. I have to start at the beginning. Going to grab a drink and sit back and read.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Thanks, Darlene! How refreshing! A couple of Americans and their American dog enjoying the wonder of this great country! I'll save this to read later and savor each word!

 

[Beachbummette]

Love it! Well....now there is something else for me to have to read every day. What an amazing adventure.

BTW KDW, the humor must run in the family. I like his comments on the pictues about Forrest The Wonder Dog best. :funn:

 

[Sheila]

Awesome! Just awesome!

 

[Ocean Lover]

I'm up to July and Albaqwerky. I rully rully want a mexican shrimp cocktail!!!!
I love your brother...he reminds me a lot of my own. He loves nature and scenery and
takes awesome pictures. It's amazing.

Omgosh, Mike is cracking me up. Airdales on the short bus..dumber than boxes of roxes.hahahahah

 

[Mermaid]

This is the most wonderful thing! I so admire the spirit of adventure! I can't wait til Merman is old enough to retire so we can do exactly the same thing as Mike and Karen. They are my heros.

That arched bridge that they took a picture of: one of these days we are going to walk on it. Don't ask me why but I think bridges are beautiful and I love them.

BTW, you probably won't hear from GTTBM and me for a week or more because we're both going on our own adventures (and we're both packed ).

 

[Sheila]

This is the most wonderful thing! I so admire the spirit of adventure! I can't wait til Merman is old enough to retire so we can do exactly the same thing as Mike and Karen. They are my heros.

That arched bridge that they took a picture of: one of these days we are going to walk on it. Don't ask me why but I think bridges are beautiful and I love them.

BTW, you probably won't hear from GTTBM and me for a week or more because we're both going on our own adventures (and we're both packed ).

Fact is stranger than fiction! ;-) Can we pack a suitcase or what?!?