We Came, We Saw, We Left

Thank you to #NetGalley, the author and the publisher for providing me with a digital copy of this book prior to publication in exchange for my honest review.  We Came, We Saw, We Left by Charles Wheelan is the story of Charles Wheelan, his wife Leah, their three children Katrina, Sophie, and CJ  and various other friends and relatives who pop in and out of the story, as they take nine months off to travel all over the world.  Traveling to six continents with just a single backpack each, they traveled on a modest budget which makes the story even more interesting.  At times it will make you laugh out loud, just imagine walking into a scuba dive office and seeing a monkey sitting in one of the chairs just hanging out while your son is reading a dive book in another chair.  At other times the book will have you wondering why they don't just call the whole trip off and go home, for example, when daughter Katrina comes down with a flesh eating disease that could be very serious and they let her fly off by herself to be treated in another foreign country and they continue their trip.  To be fair, she had already graduated high school and they did offer to go with her and she turned them down.    It is a fun, interesting look that will have you wanting to pack your own backpack (or maybe a suitcase) and take off on an adventure of your own with your family.  I highly recommend it.