We Have Plane Tickets!

Our plans for the summer are starting to shape up. After a cross-country road trip (with backpacking stops in the badlands of South Dakota and in Yellowstone), we'll spend most of July with our families in Oregon. Then we head to Guatemala at 12:30am on August 1. We'll be there until December 18, when we return to Oregon for the holidays and Keeley and Jason's December 27 wedding. Then it's back to Guatemala, most likely in early January. So start planning your visit! We'll post a calendar soon to help with scheduling...

The Plan

Hi, friends/family/random strangers who stumble upon this blog...

We are getting pretty excited about the upcoming year! Above, you can see the city we will be living in come August: Quetzaltenango (pronounced kates-all-tay-NON-go), also known as Xela (pronounced SHAY-la-- much easier, huh?), Guatemala. Guatemala, for those of you who don't know, is the Central American country directly south of Mexico. You can brush up on your geography here. Xela is located in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, about 125 miles from Guatemala City, and is over 7,000 feet above sea level.

In addition to working at Primeros Pasos, a clinic just outside of Xela, we will be hiking, camping, soaking in hot springs, searching for monkeys, attending language school, learning to salsa dance, visiting ancient ruins, swimming in Lake Atitlan, and seeking out lots of other adventures. You should visit us!