Is my blog a failure?

So I was recently told that my blog was a failure, while I am not the best blogger in the world I did take offense to this as I do not think my blog is a failure. So here is my first post and definitely not my last post to bring my blog back to life.

I recently was fortunate enough to be able to go back to the states for about a week, it was a very quick trip. I surprised my grandma and grandpa up in WY, saw my dad and his little one in CO and met my nieces and nephew for the first time in NC. The trip felt like I was always on the move and never had enough time at any one place. It was a spirit boost to see all of my family, no matter how short the trip. I needed the extra boost and encouragement, to remind myself of why I am living over here alone, without my family or my husband. I look forward to the day that I can have both, but until then I will keep traveling to keep myself busy.

The day after I got back from the states I left for Croatia, land of white sand beaches, beautiful clear blue water and warm, sunny days. I had the best time there with 10 other women and 4 kids, minus the part where I came down with a cold. The first day we found ourselves at the most amazing hotel, when we walked off our patio we were literally at the water, a little walk away and we found some beaches. We spent the afternoon taking in the sun and enjoying our surroundings. The next day we went white water rafting, we knew the river that we were going to raft bordered Croatia and Bosnia, but what we didn't realize was that we would be spending our day in Bosnia. We first drove into Bosnia to find the rafting company, we hoped in the river on the Bosnia side, only a small part of the river come to find out borders the two countries most of our day was surrounded by Bosnia on both sides of the river. We rafted class III/IV rapids, went down some falls and in all had a great time. The next day we chartered a boat to take us out along the coast of the city that our hotel was in, we wanted to go out to some of the islands but the sea was too choppy for the captains comfort. I did join some of the ladies and jumped off the side of the boat and swam in the Adriatic Sea.  Then our final day we enjoyed the town a bit before heading home. I have to say if anyone is looking for a spectacular vacation look into Croatia. The customer service everywhere we went was amazing (the best we have had in Europe), the beaches were pretty, the country is approx 70% national parks so there is tons to see and enjoy, and the overall experience will take your breath away. I am posting a couple pics now of rafting and will post more pics later.

We did not raft down the big fall, our guides had us hop out and walk down a trail, they then dove off the fall and had another guide at the top push the rafts down to them. Pretty awesome show to watch.

I am the second one on the left.

First on the left.