Bronson Walkabout: Home for the Holidays

Cookies! Both beautiful and tasty.

After an eight day drive across the country,we boarded the Vashon ferry on 12/16, completely awed to behome for the holidays.Dan and Matt welcomed us with cookies, a beautifully decorated Christmas tree, stories of their summer/fall at Santosa, and a great dinner. We whisked them off to the airport the next day and enjoyed 12 days at home. Its ironic that after traveling nearly every Christmas holiday to be with my parents in either Florida or Lake Tahoe, the year I plan to travel is the year I get to stay home. Go figure.
It was wonderful to be in the cold, grey skies of the Puget Sound region. We were even blessed with a few of those incredibly clear and cold days. Managed a few walks in the island forests and beaches with dear friends. Our feral cats, Tom & Jerry remembered us and joined us inside by the fire. Dan and Matt have taken wonderful care of them and it was a relief to see they hadn't abandoned ship during the seven months we were gone.
After our time on the island, we moved to a rental house in Redmond, one mile from Jeff's mom, Jo Ann. That made it easy and fun to spend lots of time with Jeff's family (thanks Tab for hosting Christmas!) and catching up with friends in Seattle. Now we are refueled and heading off to New Zealand this morning. We will be in New Zealand until March 4 when we fly to Brisbane and then then fly home April 27 from Sydney.

Wishing you a wonderful 2015 filled with joy, friends and laughter.