Well...It only took just short of three weeks and just over 4,000 miles of travel--with a Fulbright conference thrown in--to drive from Seattle to Greensboro, NC. The last 24 hours, since leaving Washington DC and the conference, took us through some of the most historic places in the country. Close together is the phrase that differentiates the east from the west to me, and that is the best descriptor I can use for these 24 hours. Both have many places of interest, but the west spreads them out and the east bunches them together. In just a few hours we passed the great homes of Jefferson and Madison, the great battlefields of the Civil War, the home town of Meriwether Lewis and much more.

Now we have arrived in what will be our home for the next two months--. ...
These apartments will be home for Nancy and me until I leave for cycling in Eastern Europe on August 28, and for Nancy until she leaves for Albania on September 30. We have rented this apartment in the same complex as Emily and Steve so we can be far enough away to not intrude all the time but be plenty near as our first grandchild is born.

Yes, Emily is pretty obviously pregnant, and yes, Steve is thoroughly enjoying his new profession as a fire fighter. Life is very good for them, and Nancy and I are thrilled at the opportunity to spend this slice of life with them--and have JJ join us for much of the month of August. The baby is due August 3

It is a little different moving from our wonderful home in Seattle to an apartment in the south. Nancy reminds me that "progress" in our world and our families' histories has always been about moving west--and now we are moving east. A bit of a paradigm shift. Then from our home to an apartment that, in some ways, is like the apartment we lived in when first married. It is very comfortable, quiet and pleasant, but we have changed a view of the Olympics for a view of the forests, and lots of space to little space. But it is right and good and we are grateful for this time of life and what is has, is and will bring--by the grace of God.