It was over 8 years ago that I met this interesting lady who was working on Nantucket Island and accepted an offer to visit her and her family on New Zealand. She was an Inn Keeper on the North Island of New Zealand and I was an Inn Keeper on beautiful Mackinac Island so it seemed a perfect fit. My brother said " you are going on a 15,000 mile journey to meet a woman you only met once"? I responded "the worse thing that could happen is I would have a funny story to tell" My host Joy Calway turned out to be a wonderful person and we had a great time together. I loved the country and Joy followed me back to Mackinac Island where we spent 6 months together. We decided that our friendship would continue and a bond was formed. Joy visited me two more times on the Island. I always wanted to return and visit that wonderful Island and see Joy and her family. Turns out Nan and I decided to turn that dream into reality and on Jan 28th we will leave for a 26 day journey to New Zealand.
Our favorite play "Man of La Mancha" has a scene where Don Quixote and his loyal friend Sancho discuss going on an adventure and Sancho proclaims " On to adventure! Marvelous Adventure!" So I, Don Quixote and Sancho (my wife) who is also my Dulcinea are off on our adventure. We promise not to let any wind mills get in our way but we are prepared to slay dragons if we must. We hope you will join us frequently while we are on our journey and that God will hold us and our families in the palm of his hand while we are so far away. God Bless you for visiting our Blog.
John and Nan
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