This is the week before the bitter end.  We're moving "home" from Colombia at the end of next week.  This is a tough one.  On the one hand, we're about to start an adventure that we've been dreaming about for...

Arrival: We use Passport America to find cheap places to stay when we travel. We're usually trying to get to where we're going and typically don't expect too much more than a decent place to park, a bathroom and, on...

When I walked into the grocery store, the 2 or 3 people near the registers just sort of... stared.  One woman blinked several times.  I smiled (not that anyone could tell), half waved, brushed off some snow and made my...