The Australian conclusion

I was thinking about our stay here in Oz as I was getting back from fetching some take away Thai and I fell kind of mixed up.
I shared that over the meal with Val and the kids and we started reflecting back on what we actually did here and we realized a few things.

We have traveled here on the East Australian Coast on a slow pace and at a less adventurous pace then in the US. That allowed us to take more time to enjoy each place, more time to spend apart and together and more time to reflect. As a result the wow effect we got in the States was less strong or should I say less continuous here, however some of the things we have done here were so unique and special that it is difficult to say if one was better then the other. What is sure is that it was different and that there is no need for better or worse, it is just a different country with a different feel so evidently we feel different about Australia then North America.
Certainly one of the most unique events here was seeing the Leather back turtle lay her eggs, or waking up every day to the noise of the parrots, or the tuquoise of the water or the silica of whitehaven, the lighthouses, or tree houses, the spiders and crocks, the Grand Canyon Trail, or the laughing kookaburras in the morning,  to name but a few.
One of the events we had anticipated had it's start in Australia too.

We were confronted with a bunch of truths proper to our nature that after reflection didn't turn out to be so true after all. Being together, close to each other not only on a physical level but on a mental and spiritual level has allowed us to get to know each other and to function together in a way that still amazes me today. We have evolved as a family some values are different here then they are at home, some values at home have no reason to be here while we are traveling.
I feel Val and I have transcended what we thought to be core values to us and this realization took place almost simultaneously. The relativity of time also dawned on us.
As far as I am concerned the moments of self encounter are privileged ones and although they were known to come sooner or later and I was looking forward to them with some apprehension I am again reinforced in my belief that we are taken care of as long as we do what needs to done, as long as we put in the footwork and show up for life everyday again, this belief has changed my apprehension into a welcoming and open mind to further encounters with myself.
Just to finnish the Australian chapter with a story I may have written before.
We were awoken, again, one very early morning by the parrots at sunrise, Val and I just started laughing and came up with the following theory about the noise the birds make here.
It is just this one parrot who wakes up loudly, every morning, and all his neighbours are shouting and shreeking back at him to be quiet. This little anecdote kept us awake and laughing for at least an hour at three thirty in the morning.
Oh yes and for those who never heard a kookaburra here is a nice link for you.