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Shanna Singh Hughey is 30 and a native of Rochester, Michigan and a brand-new wife and a daughter and a sister and a friend and a debater of political topics and a runner and a reader of fiction and an addict of Diet Coke and a Northerner at heart and a new embracer of the South and one who loves Washington, DC more than any other place.

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Derek Hughey is 36 and a native of Nashville, Tennessee and a brand-new husband and a son and a brother and an uncle and a friend and a frequent world traveler and a lifelong Southerner and a Blue Devils fan and a watcher of endless cooking shows and a smoker of barbecue and a compulsive reader of travel-related books and a longtime dreamer of a trip just like this.

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We are lawyers and hikers and photographers and ones who are happiest when eating and cooking and entertaining and new lovers of bluegrass and longtime seekers of adventure and devotees to service work and very lucky individuals.  We are married as of September 2, 2007 and off on the trip of a lifetime.

You can read a little more about us and our trip in the following articles/blogs: