goodbye Thailand

For our last few days in Thailand, we've done our best to soak up as much of Chiang Mai as possible.  We've gone back and eaten at our favorite places a second time, done some shopping at the Sunday walking market, visited the old city and checked out what's left of the old city wall, Todd fulfilled his promise of eating a scorpion, swam each day at our favorite pool (with a hot tub and cold plunge), went on an early morning adventure to some hot springs (drove 30 minutes up into the mountains in 55 degree weather and nearly froze our fingers and noses off), and ate ourselves into comas at our delicious hotel buffet.

With our trip coming to an end, we are a mixture of happy and sad about it.  We've had so much fun, eaten fantastic food, done zero dishes, swam laps in pools almost every day, had lots of great massages, and explored this wonderful city and culture together.  However, we are pretty excited to sleep in our own beds, to smell the clean (relatively exhaust-free) Hawaii air, see Nana, and say hi to our chickens.

Gordy has said that this is one of his all-time favorite places, and Todd and I both agree.  Till next time Thailand...