Tomorrow morning, we leave Cade’s Cove and head back to Cumming Georgia. As I sit reclining with my feet up overlooking the Little River, my mind’s eye reviews this year and everywhere we’ve been. Mike and I have forgotten the names of so many places we’ve been. When you have so many adventures crammed into a short amount of time, details become fuzzy. I already know what you’re thinking, “Oh what a problem to have!”. Yeah, I know. I would think since it’s only been this year, I would remember things easily; but it feels like a lifetime. How is it possible? When your vacation is almost a year long, the names of towns fade and which river is in which city can blur. While this is a wonderful problem to have, I never want to take for granted this life I have fallen into. The life I had before Mike was wonderful as well. Mike is such a gift, without the trip, just him and me together, is more than I’ve ever known to dream. This adventure is over tomorrow, and we will prepare for the next. When people ask, “Where’s the best place you’ve been?”, I can say with assurance, it isn’t a destination. It’s the safety and warmth of my husband’s arms; it’s the smile on my daughter’s face when I see her again; it’s the “HEY!” accompanied with the embraces of my friends and family. It truly is like Dorothy always said, there is no place like home. My favorite place is my people. And the vacation I had away from home and my people this year has been AWESOME!!!!!!!
Mike and Susy's Spirit of Discovery 
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