BEGINNINGS

For the time, this is about a trip to New Zealand, which is the homeland of my wife, Marie. Who can know the sacrifice required to leave one's home and country, travel to a strange land and marry someone known only for a short time? Anyway, this will be only the second trip taken purely for enjoyment and adventure and not associated with the sentinal family milestones or loss of loved ones. It is our goal to document this trip through photos and prose. We will depart in February and return in March of 2008. Stay tuned as we describe our preparation and the events of our trip.