12th Trans-Atlantic Flight

Living in Finland over the last year and a half has been many things. Mostly it has been beautiful, interesting, and not nearly as cold as I imagined it would be. However, the lack of employment and lack of GI Bill payments (insert repetitive, anti-bureaucratic phrase here) tipped the scales so that my Finnish wife and I are moving back to Reno, Nevada. Having grown up in Reno, I know what to expect. My wife has only spent a few months there, though, and it may be a drastic change from living in Finland.

I have long pondered starting a blog and always dismissed blogs as a passing fad, or thought I would tire of it after a few weeks. We'll see what happens. At any rate, now is a great time to start it. With our life in Finland coming to an end, The Road Back is an appropriate title, as well as the title of one of my favorite books. Not only will this provide a useful environment to catalog life in Reno vs life in Helsinki, but it should also prove challenging to me. After all, I am the self-proclaimed master of starting projects and occasionally finishing them.


Here's a fantastic view of a farm near Lappeenranta, Finland. I'll definitely miss the scenery here.