Countdown...3-2-1 Take Off

3 days left until we take off...I'm past the panic phase, started on the packing phase, and finally entering the excited phase of trip planning. Here's something cool to know, and also just ties it all together for us, telling me that the timing is right.  In 1911, that's exactly 100 years ago, my great great grandfather took his family on a trip around the world, onboard a ship with giant trunks of luggage, as they would have done in those days.  My great aunts wrote a book about it called All Eight Went. When I found that out and then spoke to my uncles, on my mother's side, I learned that they also went on a trip around the world, with my grandparents (Honey & Grampy)... 50 years ago, in 1961! So here we are, the little Hopper family in 2011, retracing our ancestors' footsteps they left behind. It instills this love for adventure and exploration deep in my soul.  It's all just meant to be sometimes.  I love positive signs that tell me "It's OKAY to GO!"