Everyone asks us “what about your pets?” You see, we have 2 dogs, 1 cat, and 4 chickens… (Zesty, Knowshawn, Wilbur, Lucy, Penny, Kung-Pao, and Big-Bird). Our pets share our lives, and as such we are very connected with them – this might be the hardest part of actually leaving for six months. As it turns out, our house is being managed by a very nice lady who also loves animals. For Cindy it will be leaving Wilbur the cat – we have had Wilbur since we first started dating in Denver. For me Zesty (my baby) will be the tough one to leave. Knowshawn is doing much better – six months ago leaving would be easier – but as it turns out – he’s working out just fine. Cindy has this way with animals and making them all very loving, caring and great family pets. They are all very calm around her.
The Overall Plan
Well this is the overall plan for our trip. We will be in Chile on January 10th, 2015, picking up our car on January 13th and then heading to the cool beach house we rented from there. It is literally right on the beach and has a pool as well. We have to be in Pucon, Chile on January 23rd so it will be a time to check things out and get situated. Our house in Pucon has sheep and a new foal so Cindy and the boys are pretty excited about that.
The Journey Begins
We have decided to take a six month trek across South America starting in January 2015. We will start in Chile where Cindy and I went on our Honeymoon. We have found a great place to stay for the first three weeks – they even have sheep and a new foal to play with. Everyone is pretty anxious about leaving for six months, but I can say it’s going to be a great experience. We have had tremendous support from friends and family on our endeavor to journey and we are expecting great things of our travels. It is crazy the things you have to do in order to get ready for a trip like this – some of these things we will post, some we won’t…
The Boulder Valley schools have been very supportive of our kids taking this time with us to learn – of course that means mom and dad will be the new ‘teachers’.
Let the journey begin. It should be a fun one.
Traveling Outlaws 
