They look like such ordinary kids. 20-somethings (well, one has tipped into his 30s). Out to tour the country (theirs and ours) before adulting (I’m getting used to this word.).
Nice kids from Canada. Friendly. They are camped next to us on South Padre Island, Texas, and plan to head home soon to Victoria (on Vancouver Island) after spending nearly a year on the road.
We invite them to dinner. Because they are so nice. And maybe, I think, a few new adults in their life might make the segue to adulting transparent.
Oh. So. Naive.
Meet Justin and Tenile. He is from Yellowknife, Northwest Territory, and she is from South Africa. While she was in film editing school then running her own film editing business, he was driving the ice roads up North, lumberjacking the jungles of Central America and volunteering to fight fires in Canada. My head is spinning. Really?
They met, married and partnered in her business, which they now do daily from their trailer, while on the road, exploring their country and ours.
They took to traveling because their life changed. They lost their home (literally … the owner plans to tear it down). So instead of trying to find another place to set down roots, they bought a trailer and started the traveling gig.
And now they are heading home because their life has changed again. They’ll soon be parents and they prefer Canada’s free health care system over the bloated one we have here.
Phew. Amazing. Wow.
OK. These not-so-ordinary kids don’t need lessons in adulting. They got it.
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