This is not your average travel blog, I hope. It is about life and learning its lessons in whatever way they are presented. For those who don’t know, on May 11th, 2021, my wife of over 25 years, Wanda, was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day, while in the waiting room at the oncologist’s office, something happened that you could call a sign. A TV commercial caught my attention. It was for Harvest Hosts, a RV membership site that allows you, for a yearly fee, to stay for free at thousands of breweries, wineries, farms, ranches, museums, etc., all around the country. I said to myself right there that if at all possible, we were going to do that. After months of chemo that wasn’t working, things were bleak. But then, a bit of a miracle happened. She was put on a new genetic therapy that changed everything. She feels pretty good for the most part, medication side effects notwithstanding. We are taking advantage of this gift, the greatest gift of all, more time, by getting out there and doing something we’d dreamed about for so long but never had the time, money, or, most importantly, the courage to do (or so we thought). It turns out we tell ourselves many things that aren’t true. That is Lesson # 1

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