I know it's been quiet but...

we have been on the road for 5 weeks!!! yes it was fun but to live out of suitcases for 5 weeks can grow old in a hurry (even if we do have more than adequate laundry facilities)... we just arrived back in the desert from a tropical island as well as a 2 week stay in a continent in the Southern Hemisphere... no, it was not the Antarctic... just the Great Oz and well we had more rain than we ever hoped for in Oz and in the tropical island (which, obviously, did not help much with sightseeing and travelling) but the change of scenes did help all of our state of mind... so I will post something soon (after I am done with everything, EVERYTHING)... :P