Richland, United States

Getting ready for first trip to Tanzania. This will be a work in progress until I get the hang of doing this.

19 hours till take off!  Still trying to get the carry on luggage to come in at or below the required 22 pounds!  The suitcase is 9.5 lbs, so you can imagine the difficulties :)  We'll see how this works, next time it may be a steamer trunk ...

Well we have 3 days, 2 hours and 19 minutes to go till take off! Right now I'm just trying to get everything in one carry on bag and figure out this travel blog.  I will try to post an update every couple of days if I can find an internet connection ...

We had a memorable weekend in honor of Aunt Gladys. Our flight was cancelled Sunday so we spend the night in downtown Richond, Virginia. We got back yesterday and it has all been a blur since then. As we were checking flights for our big adventure, we ...