I am currently in Moscow, Idaho celebrating Christmas with the family. I`d been planning to be home by Christmas for a month or so, but wanted to keep it under wraps so as to suprise my mother and family. A combination of dwindling funds and a bit of road-weariness made coming home seem like a good idea. (Three and a half months out of a backpack is quite a while.) I`ll be uploading the rest of my pictures and posting some final thoughts in the next couple days. I`ll be back in the Seattle area in the next couple days – I’m sure I’ll have plenty of time to see you all in the next few weeks while I start the next wonderful phase of my life: searching for a job.