Dear Readers and Fellow Travelers:

I can’t believe it’s 2009! 2009 simply has to be better than 2008 with skyrocketing fuel prices, world financial problems including unemployment, health issues (in our family, one daughter is valiantly fighting a brain tumor), and the omnipresent worries over children and grandchildren.
On the plus side? Let’s be optimistic that 2009 will be prosperous, healthy and filled with abundance for everyone.

Keeping that in mind, watch the video below with our Nepali Sherpa crew during the Annapurna Sanctuary Trek. The majority of this crew didn’t have the proper clothing for inclement weather, worked their buns off from early morning until late at night, carried heavy loads up and down the steep trails without complaints and always had a smile on their faces with time to sing a trekking song…

Again, ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and I wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2009. May all your dreams come true and happy traveling!

Sheila and ex-Marine