From the Bay to Beijing

Jill and me celebrating my birthday and enjoying our ride on the SVT Salsa and Rueda Party bus.
All I can say, is that after 630 blog posts over 630 days, I’m ready for a well deserved break.
I’ve loved sharing Jill’s and my adventures with all of you and will write more when I feel like it....

Gao Jie, Austin and me at the salsa festival.
Austin and his friend, Gao Jie, were visiting the states from Beijing and we happened to be in San Francisco at the same time they were.
We were also at the 7th Annual Salsa Rueda Festival and so they both got to see a bit of what that festival was like but mostly we hung out, caught up with each other, and just relaxed....

Dave, Stacy and me.
Jill and I are heading off to Los Angeles in about 3 days and have to say goodbye to my sister and my brother today.
Dave happens to be in town for work and we stayed at Stacy’s house for a few days since she won’t be able to come to our goodbye get together on Thursday....

Our luggage and us at the Salsa Rueda Festival.
I tend to think that Jill’s and my life looks incredibly fun and adventurous from the outside.  And it is.
However, we get worn down because we are running from place to place, researching information for SF tourism Tips, interfering with our friends and family’s lives by staying with them, and trying to continually minimize more and live on less and less...