World Map Mission Complete!

I previously posted that the World Map was finally adhered to the wall. Michelle and I bought some molding and nails and cut a frame out using our miter saw. I must admit that it looks pretty f’ing good.

I don’t think that we will be going to China this year. After pricing it out, I don’t think we will be able to come up with the $14,000 needed for the twenty-six day adventure. I am not ruling it out but we have two backup trips in mind:

Morocco or Peru. Either one of these trips will only be half the cost and we should be able to foot the bill with our tax returns (we both claim single zero) and should have bunch of right offs with the new house.

We dream big

Oh well, we need to wait for our W-2s and house lender statements before we can decide. Either way, we will be going somewhere in June or July (or possibly September).

More pix of the map:

Pretty awesome huh?

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