Right Lane Must Exit

I left Minneapolis this morning after handing off some things for my daughter to Brenda, who will take my daughter in when she comes back to Minneapolis to continue her training. It's such a gift to have generous families who will take an extra body in for a week and a half--especially busy families with complicated lives. So my heartfelt thanks to them. Plus, Brenda has a crazy cool pink convertible VW bug, featured here:

The drive from Minneapolis to Detroit is a long one--nearly twelve hours. Plus I "lost" an hour. And I took a little more time than I usually do when making these long hauls. I had a lovely stop in Madison, Wisconsin for a Nepalese lunch (thanks for the tip Kerry!). And now I'm a little road weary and vibrating from all that time in the car. But I won't be doing any driving (I don't think!) for the next 12 days (except for a bicycle I imagine), so that will be a great thing. And no phone. Also a good thing (for me--I should give it up for Lent!).

I was sad to leave Minneapolis, but I'm excited about my trip. I leave tomorrow afternoon (well, today actually) for Bangkok (via Tokyo), then travel overland to Cambodia. I don't think that I've fully gotten my head around the fact that I'm leaving the country--and not to my usual European destinations--for a trip on my own. I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes of it. It seems like just the thing I need to do right now, which is a good thing...because it turns out, this is what I'm doing.