Patrick and I have made it home safely, sort of. We are both visiting family for the holidays and heading back to Denver on January 1st. While I have been visiting my parents we had one nice snowstorm. The snow has been on the trees for three days and looks beautiful. We have had the opportunity to do some of the fun things we do in the snow, sledding, snowmobiling, and cross country skiing. Unfortunately our snowboard equipment is in Denver. As Patrick and I talk with each other and reflect on our experience we have both realized how great of a time we really had in Australia and we are looking forward to visiting again. Although we are happy to be home and visiting our family and friends, we both realize it is easy and difficult to be back home. We miss our friends, the time in Australia and the things we had the opportunity to experience. We have grown and changed as we learned more. This simply just makes it different to be around our friends and we will eventually learn to adjust. Many who travel say it is more difficult to adjust being back home. We can't say it is any more difficult than adjusting to living in a new place, maybe just not as fun.
