This log is current to April 8, 2010

January 4, 2010 at headquarters in Red Lodge, Montana
The past few months seem like a dream. We traveled in Asia for the seventh time, adding India and Vietnam to the list.

(Photo: a bridge from West Bengal, India into the state of Sikkim).

The highlight of all our travels in the past decade was Becky’s trip into the high mountains of Nepal to rescue a tiny girl from deplorable conditions. (See previous log).

Here is a new video of Becky on our most recent return from Asia.

Also on the videos page is a new one: Buddhist horns ring out across the world’s highest mountains.

March 2, 2010 in Red Lodge:
We are refurbishing our second headquarters in Montana.

Meanwhile, we have learned that all is well with “our” little girls Meena and Anna in Kathmandu, Nepal.

We are undecided whether to return to Nepal this fall, or a year later.

We are concerned about our friend Mike Fucella in Bangkok, Thailand. He, his wife Jane, and his two daughters visited us in Montana last summer, and we have spent several great times with them in Thailand over the years. We have learned that he has been taken to the Bangkok hospital twice in recent days for kidney stones and an unidentified heart problem.

Photo: 2009 Mike and Jane in Yellowstone National Park.

We are keeping close tabs on the situation, and hoping that the currently political protests in Thailand will not impede Mike’s proper care.

April 3, 2010 in Montana
We are about to head for Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

This journey will be unusual for us...brief and more upscale. We just need a break from renovating Expedition HQ2 in Montana.

Meanwhile, we have learned that after extensive surgery in Bangkok, Mike Fucella (above) is now on the mend.

We are also monitoring the ongoing protests by the Thailand “Red Shirts,” a situation that has the nation (and us) on edge. We have spent more time in Thailand than any foreign country, and hate to see it beset by this damaging situation.

On this day, April 8, in 1995, we were married.

Much has happened since then. We retired, traveled the world for years, totaling more than 400,000 miles, and now we live in Red Lodge, Montana, were Don’s grandparents were married in 1917.

In celebration of our fifteen years of marriage, we’ll dash off to Cabo San Lucas, where, as mentioned above and quite uncharacteristically for us, we’ll play the role of tourists.

We send our love to scores of people we came to admire and learn from along the way, and we trust that many more such encounters will occur the remainder of our days wandering the globe.

April 23, 2010 in Montana
We just returned from a few days in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. It was a great time, and a nice break.

Normally, we move into an apartment and live as much as possible the way locals do. But that isn’t possible in Cabo. It’s there only to accommodate tourists.

We stayed at a hotel a short walk from downtown and were impressed by everything. We were also shocked by the prices of everything. $9 for a bottle of water in your room? This is Mexico. Come ON!

Still, it was a great time, and unusual for us. Now we’re back inn Red Lodge, Montana, continuing to work on Expedition HQ #2.

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