Crazy? Brave? Stupid?

As the days pass by at an alarming rate, I find myself mixed with feelings of anxiety, excitement, stress, nervousness, fear, impatience... 4 more days. 4 more days until we start our adventure.

Everyday, since we made our decision to take on the American Tour, has been filled with comments from friends, family, acquaintances, and strangers, that always contain the words "Y'all are... (fill in the blank). That blank is usually filled with "crazy", "brave", "risk takers", "insane", "nuts", "awesome", "irresponsible"; you get the point.

Matt and I find ourselves defending our decision, even if there is no reason to. I came up with the idea that maybe I am still convincing myself this is the right thing to do. As this thought went through my mind I thought, who is to say what the right thing to do is?

We are young, we are newlyweds, we do not have kids yet and do not own a home. Why is it "crazy" that we are taking advantage of this time to be together and to take an adventure we both have always wanted to? Why are people so scared to go against the "norm". I realize that it is important to be successful in life, but to us, success does not mean owning a 4000 square foot home by the time we are 30. Most people rate their success by their careers, their cars, their owning a home. We want all the above, and could have been their quickly and know we can get their in the future. We don't know what could happen tomorrow or the next day and we both strongly believe to take advantage of the time you have. Why are people so scared to do that?

Next time someone says: "I wish I had the nerve to do that", my reply will be "you do, pack up your stuff and go".

As for us, our first stop is Camping on the Buffalo River this weekend. It soon begins...