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In this blog you can read a complete record of the visits we have made to The United States since march 2007.
Each of our trips has its own blog site Blog site. However we have now brought them all together onto our main Blog Page.
Our last trip, with a current name: Road Blog Spring 2013 is now complete.


Saturday, April 13, 2013

Places and Home

Yesterday we modified our plans a bit, we had planned to stay two nights in Fresno, however an email from our friends including an invite to a Jam the next night tempted us to push on up to Pete and Jan's in Atwood.
We managed to get there in good time, have a bit of a rest and then go to Jack's for a lovely jam in the evening. It was such a good time, very relaxed, lots of music and talking and very friendly people, most of whom we had met once before in September, but amazingly they still remembered us!
We have been made most welcome by the people that we have met here (at Atwood, but also generally when we have travelled). I am coming to the conclusion that 'places' is about somewhere you go, but 'home' is about being with people. Either we have been very lucky, protected or guided, or we feel very easily at home. Atwood is one of those special places that make us feel like we are coming home when we visit here. It is a very comforting feeling and I suppose one of the many reasons we enjoy travelling.

2 comments:

AMERICAN ADVENTURES said...

Having just watched the news about Boston marathon I had to come back to your site and read this again to remind me that most people are good.Thank you for writing this and reminding me.

AMERICAN ADVENTURES said...

On a lighter note I have just looked at your map - its wonderful! Just love it, where did you get the knife and fork symbol from? I spent some time tidying up my lines a bit and putting placemarks on but I dont have your lovely list, mine is jumbled. Must try harder!