T minus 3 Days...

Premise: Travel across South America for 5+ months.

Reason: Oh so many, but we'll go with - it's time for an adventure.

Goals: Explore the continent, Volunteer and make a difference, Pick up a few new hobbies, Experience a rather fun and stress free life, Enjoy all life has to offer...

I'd like to say that we're all ready and rearing to go. But the truth is, we're still running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. For those that have no idea what that looks like, we'll try to film and youtube it if we encounter it during our 5-6 month trip across South America ;) And trust me, with all the countries that we're hoping to see - we just might...

I've been saying this the last few weeks but honestly, who knew that running away would take so much pre-planning! Since we're going for an extended period of time, we don't actually have much of a plan expect to travel, volunteer and enjoy the whole experience. We haven't started packing and I'm sure that'll be another headache on it's own. We'll hit a few different seasons, experience housing from hostels to hotels, be in a variety of different topographies and altitudes - let's just say I've never had to pack a Goretex jacket with a bikini before.

To give you an idea of the herculean efforts it's taking to get everything done. Here's a partial checklist of what we've had to do:

• Vaccinations - OMG, North America is obsessed with getting shots and pills for everything. If you have any questions - ask us, we're officially experts on what you need.
• Buy travel gear - Did you know that travel towels are like gigantic Shamwows?
• Banking - Mastercard wants you to call them every 2 months to update which countries you're going to, Visa doesn't care. ps - It's good not to put all your eggs in one basket, but consolidating things take forever.
• Legal stuff - Between car storage insurance, travel insurance (BCAA is the best), condo/tenant insurance and POA - I can give you a litany of reasons why we're too tired to be excited at the moment.

That said, we are soooooooooo excited!! We'll miss everybody, but this awesome journey is exactly what we need. Oh, and we welcome suggestions, ideas, thoughts, recommendations, new friends throughout our whole trip. We're pretty much up for anything!