Coast to Coasted

Aloha family and friends!

I cannot believe that Chris, Noah and I have made it to Maine for our summer vacation. We began our journey back to the mainland from our home in Kauai on June 5, flying from Honolulu to Chicago. We stayed with Rachel's sister, brother in law and niece in Woodstock, IL and visited Rachel's folks in Chicago. Noah has experienced most modes of transportation up to this point. We took a metra train into the city, took a taxi to my parents apartment (btw, the taxi driver's name was Noah also!).

Wednesday night, we met up with a friend from seminary, Bob A., and enjoyed dinner with him in Woodstock, IL. Then, we began our journey east on Thursday morning toward Maine. We stopped a few times as we normally would for meals and to stretch our legs. Noah has been such a trooper! He kept to his schedule quite well -- despite the many new environments he has encountered thus far.

So here we are on Saturday night writing to you from the beautiful South Bristol, ME. The seagulls are having a convention of sorts on the oceanfront which is literally right out the front door (and every door) of the house. Noah and all of us -- are glad to not be moving in a car and ready to relax now for a few weeks.

Another friend of ours, who who met in Indiana on Thursday for lunch has a blog also. The title of it is "Live like a traveler". I believe this is very true for us -- we kept our luggage as light as we could -- and didn't bring a lot of stuff for Noah. The best thing has been to depend on the kindness of family to help us with the other "stuff" needed. It is amazing how adaptable we have been and how much you really DONT need to travel or live ....

We hope you enjoy our pictures and blog -- please send us your responses and share your stories with us.

Love from Rachel, Chris and Noah