Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. - Hal Borland
As I transition in to a new year, I like think about what is in store. Before me are three-hundred sixty five twenty-four hour periods, at my disposal, to do with as I please. What will take up my time? What new things will I learn? What old things will I get better at? I am not one for new years resolutions, but I do like to at least think about what I would like to achieve in the next year. There is less pressure, and less disappointment.
This new year has me in a very...
Read more...
I’m heading down to a continental breakfast at a Super 8 in Wentzville, MO. I drove, with my friend Brian, from Johnson City, TN in a U-haul truck for ten hours, and we have another thirteen hours today until we reach my new home, Denver, CO. I am praying that the truck will start today. We had issues with it yesterday and I had have people jump it off three times. Not an ideal situation for a cross country drive, but it’s getting us there.
Read more...
Back in Nairobi, at the end of things. It both feels like this trip went very fast, but also feels like I have been gone a long time. I need a lot of time to debrief what exactly happened on this trip, and I am looking forward to getting home and reliving it through the many thousands of pictures I took and then sharing those pictures with their corresponding stories. I can’t think very well right now, but the past few days have been very good, aside from a slight fender bender on the way to Nairobi today. We are here in Nairobi until tomorrow evening and then begin the arduous journey home,...
Read more...
I’m heading out to meet up with my team. It feels good to be going back with them, but it was also good being here with the Steurys. I’ll update again when I can.
Read more...
Plans have been made for me to meet up with my team tomorrow. They will send a driver up to the Kenya / Tanzania border crossing to pick me up. Plans after that are still unsure, but it sounds like we are going to drive through the serengetti park up to Kenya and then continue on through the Mara. I am excited to be back with them after what feels like a very long time.
Read more...
