The original thought had been a week in Hawaii. But once I realized we had enough airline miles to get us to Oceania and back the decision was kind of a done deal. Flying into Brisbane where our friends live was going to require a layover in Fiji anyway, so we decided to make it..

I have one of those digital picture frames, and the photo here pops up sometimes--it is us the day we returned from the 2010 around the world trip--and it stirs my wanderlust. It's been awhile since we've had a chance to do some serious traveling. Something to do with moving across the country three times..