Nobody believes me when I say that the 80 days thing is a coincidence. But it is.
We leave the day after Isabel's last exam and return the day before the first full day of school. 80 days.
Actually from take off to touch down at Winnipeg International is 79 days and 20 hours, but door to door from our house... precisely 80 days.

And a bit about the backstory. In 1993 after three years in veterinary practice Lorraine and I quit our jobs and backpacked around the world for eight months, doing everything from living in a cave in Greece (a very nice cave mind you) to camel trekking across the Rajastani desert to celebrating Christmas in Hong Kong to island hopping in Thailand to volcano climbing in Indonesia to living with a family in Samoa to... well, the list does go on and on. Everyone said, "Wow, that was the trip of a lifetime!" To which we responded, "Nooo! It can't be the only time we do that! It just can't be." We swore we would do something similar again when we had kids. It's 22 years later. Isabel is 13. Alexander is 10.
It's time.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Day 75 Lorraine

Today, September 3, has dawned quiet and smooth and clear, the orange ball of the sun sliding up out of the flat turquoise ocean as if pulled on a string. The most perfect morning yet and a fitting beginning to an important day. Today Lorraine, the love of my life, a woman I have known since the age of 22, an extraordinarily kind, intelligent, interesting and beautiful person, turns 50.

Tomorrow at dawn we sail into New York harbour and I'm sure it will be an exciting day, but today is entirely Lorraine's day, so please raise a glass (actual or metaphorical) to her and wish her another fantastic 50!

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  1. UnknownSeptember 3, 2015 at 8:40 AM

    Happy Birthday Lorraine! What a fabulous way to celebrate your birthday. I did my 50th on a cruise as well :) In winter :)

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  2. MichelleSeptember 3, 2015 at 11:03 AM

    Happy Birthday Lorraine!! Hope it is amazing!!! (I'm sure it will be!)

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