The Long Road Home

We drove several hours back to Tel Aviv, packed everything into 5 check in bags and 4 carry on items, returned the rental car, and boarded the airplane without a moment to spare. 12 hours later, we were in New York clearing customs and grabbing bagel snacks for our next 6 1/2 hour flight back to San Francisco.

Asha asleep on the plane


We couldn't find anyone to pick us up, so we somehow were able to consolidate baggage enough to take 2 BART trains, a caltrain, and a Hwy 17 bus back to downtown Santa Cruz.








After each transfer of our towering piles of luggage onto the next train/bus we would give each other a high five and shout, "Team Brown!" It was actually a wonderfully bonding experience and we decided to take public transport every time we fly from SFO. Our housemate Alison picked us up from downtown, and within minutes we were home sweet home!!!

We still aren't sure what those bites/hives were about, so just in case we left everything outside the house for de-contamination.
Ian is going to bug bomb the non-washables in our tent, and I'll be doing loads of laundry continuously for the next week or so..

We had a wonderful and rich time in Israel, and now we are back in our wonderful home with the four wonderful aunties. We love it here. We also miss our dear friends in India. Ian is in full power work mode, getting his iphone app business off the ground so we will be free to take trips like this more often. We are open to whatever God has for us and thankfully content with where He has us now. We are blessed!!!