#11

It’s now the middle of February, and we’re disembarking from the cruise. We have about six weeks left of our travels, and we’re definitely feeling a little road-weary. The cruise, which was meant to be rejuvenating, had its ebbs and flows. We’ve already booked a 14-day cruise out of Buenos Aires the first week of March, so we have about two weeks to cover before boarding that ship. All of the ports—minus Aruba—felt like one-and-done stops. No full-body YES to anywhere we’d want to return for a longer stay.

#10

And so we flowed from Costa Rica to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for two nights before setting off on a 12-day cruise through the Caribbean and Panama Canal. Tim and I had done a fair amount of cruising in our earlier years but hadn’t traveled this way in about 15 years — and definitely not together. We each had different experiences from cruising before, but they weren’t as joyful or fun as we would have liked. So we decided to give this type of travel another go.

#9

Since last October, I spent six months slow-traveling through the Americas — sharing real stories of freedom, growth, and soul-led adventure. I’ll be heading back out again this October, and in the meantime, I’m reflecting on what the journey taught me.

Ahhhh, sunshine at last! For two people traveling in the winter to escape the rain, we’ve certainly had our fair share of it on this journey. Unusual weather patterns seem to be following us, but at least for now, the Pacific side of Costa Rica is looking sunshiney and bright.

#8

It’s now the beginning of January and we are at the midway point through this travel journey. So far we have seen San Diego, Cabo, Nassau, Eleuthera and Belize. We’ve slept in 11 different beds and seen 3 different countries. Not bad for 3 months of travel, and little did we know that the pace was going to drastically change for the rest of the trip.