T-minus...

3 days until launch - yay!!!! I'm really just seeing if blogging from our wee tablet is possible.  If so, Look Out!!! (or not - stay tuned!).  We're headed for Costa Rica for 3 weeks, then southern Africa after a few days back home.  Months from now, May 11, we'll be home again, hopefully posting lots of pics and uber-fascinating stories in between.  Of course it's a lot easier to post from my home computer than a tablet in the middle of the Kalahari, so we'll see!
Here's a decidedly non-tropical pic, just to see if it works:
Ok, I'm feeling old-fashioned.  Apparently you can't just upload from your computer - the pic already has to be on the web.  Seems like an extra step...  Maybe it'll be easier for pics taken with our tablet?

Decidedly NOT the tropics, but lots of plotting and planning for this trip was done on the shores of Georgian Bay

Dunes a bit like we might see in Namibia, but colder!

3/4 of a family, back in the land of snow and ice

Farewell dinner - yum!