1984 … Through the portal Home

Our last major stopover on this summer’s Grand Journey across the United States and back was the St. Louis Arch; for many the “Gateway to the West” – and for us a gateway back Homeward …

“There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed … It is a big world, full of things that steal your breath and fill your belly with fire. And yet where you go when you leave isn’t nearly as important as who you are when you come home.” ~ via Kate D. Wiggin & Lindsay Eager