Leaving Home

Leaving Jackson for the winter is always bittersweet. We've done it four times now--packing up all the essentials and leaving the rest behind in a storage unit to await our return in the Spring. Saying goodbye to friends, wishing them a good winter full of powder turns--you would think after 4 years it would start to get easier, but that's never the case. The frigid weather makes it a bit more bearable. We even had a few inches of snow in the valley when we hit the road this year. But it just isn't that easy to leave Jackson behind. We have the most incredible group of friends that are just one part of an amazing community, all set amongst some of the best mountains in the world. We're so lucky to call Jackson Hole home. To put all that in your rear view mirror stirs up the emotions every time.

But we're off on an adventure again, and that feels pretty awesome too. We've got so much ahead of us--one '97 Astro Van; 5 months; 12 border crossings 10,000 miles at least; who knows how many beaches, waves, volcanoes, monkeys; and countless Central American experiences with new friends and communities before driving back into "The Hole." Someone smart once said, "No matter where you go and what you do, nothing beats coming home to the Tetons." We won't see them for a while, but we can't wait until they come back into view on the other side of the chalk van.