A word or two about Blogging...

As some of you may be aware, I have 'blogged' a few times whilst travelling abroad. As you may also be aware, there has been no activity since the odyssey of Amsterdam, ending in April 2008. 

We have 'travelled' since then, but somehow even though fun and exciting for us, our trip to Atlanta for  a few weeks and to Maui for five weeks does not cut it for exciting reading. [Even though I was often tempted to engage in some stimulating story-telling].

Successful blogging is, I believe, a bit of an illusive art. It must be exciting, interesting, well written, amusing, and regular. The latter to me is critical. I believe that my previous blog[s] had a reasonable following. After long trips I would hear from people days, weeks, even months later that told me how much they enjoyed 'travelling' with us and how it became a part of their daily routine. 

We have some good friends from Australia who are/were on a year-long trip around the world. Actually I helped Lyn and Rod set up their blog in Australia while we were there, [blogging on that trip actually]. Unfortunately they were dependant upon somewhat variable internet access at remote countries and locations so the blog was not able to become part of my daily routine. I learned from their experience, that blogging must/should be regular to be well received if we measure number of readers as any indication of success.

As an aside, on the above comment on Lyn and Rod, since they left home west of  Melbourne last February the stock market melt-down and economic collapse has happened. Also now that they are about to step foot on their home soil for the first time in 366 days, their country is now reeling from the worst natural disaster in Australia's history, the bush fires. On the positive side their country home has not been affected and hopefully their kitchen 'remodel' that has taken place in their absence is complete!

The reason for me doing this blog is to get my last blog, 'Will this trip never end?' off the top of the list. As you may have detected at the end of that trip I was somewhat jaded and really thought that we would never travel again. Since then we have had an attitude adjustment and have two trips planned , one in July the other in January 2010, both Lord willing. I hope to be blogging then. 

In the meantime we are all well, the "Great Recession" has touched us, son-in-law Robert is fearful that his employment as a glass-blower at his firm may be over and Canada Ticket is scrambling to minimize the inevitable affects of this creeping slowdown.

I have inserted a somewhat current picture of our immediate family so you can see how we are all handling the ageing process.

Love to all of you, Fellette and Doug