"The mountains call, and I must go" John Muir

Well, that isn't quite why we are leaving, but suffice it to say that we are leaving Panama, this friday. Not a super-complicated or super-secret reason why, but still it is one that I don't feel like sharing on such a public record. We are a little sad, little happy, but mostly it hasn't totally sunk in yet; it may not until that airplane door opens in Harrisburg, PA friday evening and we catch a whiff of chilly east coast spring air.
Paperwork, exams, and interviews at the office are the priority now, as is getting our act together so we can drag ourselves, a dog, a bike, and a sack of rocks to the airport with minimum stress on friday morning. I will try to include some pics from our last chunk of time here, which was hot and dusty, but productive and often bittersweet.