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I admit it; exploring Utah was my idea.  All four kids’ original summer plans had been cancelled, replaced with virtual internships and work-from-home realities.  And we had the privilege of being able to go.  It was too tempting not to take advantage of the opportunity to go somewhere together.  Staying in the US was a necessity.  Data on National Park re-openings and […]

Sri Lanka packs a lot of experiences in a relatively small country.  About the size of the state of Georgia, Sri Lanka can be driven from top to bottom in 6-7 hours (assuming use of the new highways).  In just ten days, my friend Phyllis and I were able to dabble in 2 religions (Buddhism and Hinduism), […]

(Dana) It feels like Christmas morning. I have wanted to trek to see the mountain gorillas in Rwanda for years. It’s finally here. Will we find them? Will our interaction meet expectations? Will it have been worth the effort to find some of the last 800 of these animals on earth? The process that leads to […]

(Dana) Walking for hours through the African bush with the hopes of coming across an elephant, giraffe or buffalo is something man has been doing for thousands of years. In Ruaha National Park in central Tanzania, we are privileged to walk in those same footsteps. Ruaha is approximately the size of New Jersey and receives […]

(Dana) A group of ladies from the Akha Ghepia hill tribe are gathered to make a headdress for their friend who will marry this week. One bends bamboo into the hat frame. Another stretches the hand-spun, hand-woven, indigo-dyed cotton fabric over the frame. Several other women sew coins onto ribbon pieces, thread colored beads and […]

This is one of our favorites. Click on the video link below. Thanks to Coach Jay for the inspiration.