Back to the States tomorrow

Ah, well, all good things must come to an end, or so they tell me. We are currently sitting in a tiny hotel room (the Dover Hotel, not by accident) in London, after several pints with a dear old friend from Haddonfield who has figured large into this Channel crossing, Carolyn Nelson. (It has been so good to catch up with you, Carolyn!)

We had an awesome time out west with Mark's parents and exploring the West Midlands. We visited Abergavenny, a lovely Welsh town with the best chips of the whole trip, and Hay-on-Wye, the city of books, with a lovely, quiet pint at the Old Black Lion tavern.

It's going to be hard to get on that plane tomorrow, different people as we are. But it's time to come home and see everyone and tell you all the stories in person. We haven't had much email or internet access, so this is, sadly, a necessarily a short posting when there are so many things I'd like to share and tell. I guess they will just have to wait until we get stateside. Until then, we will all have to just have to swim strong, travel smart, and keep the pints cold until we get there.