Finally

saying goodbye

My sticker 

We are finally on our way! After years of fantasizing and planning our adventure in the world has begun. We are now on the island of Kauaii,having arrived yesterday. We will be here two weeks to recouperate from the big push to leave our other world behind. I had not realized how much we accumulate stuff until I started the process of eliminating it! I took at least 10 truck loads to the dump and know I wont miss any of it. I am making the commitment to live a simpler less cluttered life from this moment forward. The photo is on the beach in Santa Cruz with friends saying goodbye. Thanks to Karuna for organizing. Things I will miss besides my friends are disc golf, dancing at dance church and 5 rythms yoga with Kelly and Phoenix, this years Burningman(big), Well Within Spa(my former business),and making things in my garage. Speaking of making things, the last thing i made was a musical toy which I am taking with us around the world. It is an electric Kalimba with built in amp,speaker, and bent distorter circuit. My only concern is airport security suspecting it is a bomb of some kind. So far so good. Of course my family has its own concerns having endured the noise of other toys I created. This one though has an amazing range of sounds some of which even they can tolerate!

      I want to express my deep Love and appreciation to all of the people who have made this year possible. A big thank you goes to Eric at Well Within for being the right person at just the right time. Of course none of this would be happening without the constant visionary prodding from Lysa. I have created a theme for this trip which is "Obey the Awe!" Appologies to Shepard Fairy. With encouragement from Anika, we both had stickers made which I will use as gifts and calling cards along the way. Expect to see photos of them around the world on our adventure. Thats all for now, David aka hotwater