Heading back!

Another hurriedly done entry - sorry - the bad internet connections take their toll.

We're spending our last day in Peru with lunch overlooking the Pacific in the town of Paracas.  We'll hop on a bus for Lima (3 hours) this afternoon, then take a taxi to the airport where we'll board our plane for Houston at midnight, change around 6, and arrive Chicago around noon.  Can't believe our South American adventure is over! 

Our dear friends Ann and Ates are generously hosting us for the 2.5 weeks we'll be in the area, during which time we'll visit Evansville for a few days, our Thanksgiving will include Ross, and we'll get to see Steve's family while we're in town and they're gathered here, too.  Lots of catching up to do with friends, too.  Can't wait!

In Tambo Colorado, Inca ruins outside of Paracas.  We're in the Inca royalty bath.  The Inca and his mujere.

We still have South American stuff, that has gone unposted, and will likely follow through on those as time allows -- there's so much we haven't covered -- other ruins, lots of fantastic monasteries and convents, foods, street scenes . . . but perhaps we should be done.  We'll see.  It will be fantastic to have predictably good internet in our lives again.  Sigh.  That's been hard, in part for the uncertainty, but also because it's been our lifeline to communications with kids and friends, with investments, with Steve's fantasy football team, with life as we've known it in the states.