Take a look at the shoes Marty wore out. She literallly wore the leather off, but they took her to some amazing places.
What would one do without good friends.. Cynthia and Jean drove to Cedar Rapids and picked us up at the motel. It was a sun shiny day and not too cold - 37 degrees. That is a little colder than what we had gotten use to. We were ready and waiting for them at 10:00 AM to drive back to Cedar Falls. A little side trip for a gallon of milk, and then home to see how Sasha, the cat, had faired. He was glad to see us and found Dale's lap very quickly.
This is what we came home to - not what we are use to, but defintely home sweet home.
We can not thank everyone enough for helping to make this a trip of a lifetime. We had a great support team in Iowa. Roxanne took care of the mail for us, the Relphs fed the cat and kept everything working, Sandy took us to the airport, Jean and Cynthia picked us up and brought us home. Scott and Erin kept in touch as they sold, bought and finished a house in the time we were gone. It was always good to hear from Paul and Angee and their school and work. We are looking forward to seeing both of these families in the next week. John and Carlene gave us tickets to "The Cat in the Hat" at the Opera House. All of the kids made it possible for us to get a tour of the Opera House and an amazing lunch there. We were so lucky that Jim and Cynthia were able to join us for several weeks and see Caines and cruise with us. We had the best time. It was fun to hear from all of you in the states and keep up with what was happening at home. Raquel, Josh, Grace and Lance are the BEST hosts. They opened their home, their adopted country and their hearts to us. We can not thank them enough for all they. Australia is a beautiful country with beautiful people and all of the Malin's friends were so wonderful to us. Most of all we want to thank the Lord for not only making all of this happen, but also for His protection, especially when Marty was driving on the left side of the road! He was with us all the way and we are forever grateful. We are truly blessed!!
Thank you one and all. We hope you enjoyed reading our adventure and perhaps you learned some things along with us about lands and culture far away that we were never sure we would ever get to see, and up until this trip, really knew very little about. It truly was a trip of a lifetime. This last entry will bring it all to a close except for the memories that will last as long as we can remember them!
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