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      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
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      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
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      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Galleries – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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    • Trip Posts – Group 1
      • African Escape ’26
      • Taiwan & Philippines
      • Transition from Overlanding
      • The Land Down Under
      • Our Journey in 2024
      • Europe 2023
      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe ’22
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
    • Trip Posts – Group 2
      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Posts – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Posts – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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      • African Escape ’26
      • Taiwan & Philippines
      • Transition from Overlanding
      • The Land Down Under
      • Our Journey in 2024
      • Europe 2023
      • Winter Back in North America
      • Overlanding Europe
      • Egypt: Land of Mysteries
      • Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
      • On Safari in Kenya
      • Fall Back in the US ’21
      • Summer in Ontario
      • Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
    • Trip Galleries – Group 2
      • COVID – Post Vaccination
      • COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
      • COVID-19 Times
      • Brazil 2.0
      • Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
      • Brazilia Road Trip
      • Paraguay: Land of Water
      • The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
      • Argentina 2.0
      • Antarctica: The Ice
      • Argentina: Land of Silver
      • Chile: Land of Poets
      • Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
      • Peru: Land of the Incas
    • Trip Galleries – Group 3
      • Ecuador: Middle of the World
      • Columbia: Gateway to South America
      • Panama: Crossroads of the World
      • Costa Rica: Pura Vida
      • Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
      • Honduras: The Banana Republic
      • El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
      • Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
      • Belize: The Jewel of Central America
      • ¡Viva México!
      • Aventuras en Baja, México
      • Continuing West
      • A Touch of the Midwest
    • Trip Galleries – Group 4
      • US Southern Plains
      • Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
      • Heading West
      • Heading South
      • Across Canada
      • RTW
      • Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
      • Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
      • E Caribbean Cruise
      • Moab with the Bryans
      • Park No. 47!
      • West Coast Trail
      • 3 NP’s in Cali
      • Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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Our Journey in 2024 | Read Trip Posts →

Our Journey in 2024 | Galleries

Main Album » Being Welcomed to KEGS, Uganda
lining up to wash their hands P (4)
some of the playground equipment
Laptops in the library
The library we built (1)
Welcoming Ceremony P (4)
Welcoming Ceremony P (6)
Welcoming Ceremony P (8)
Welcoming Ceremony with Head Teacher
Welcoming Ceremony P (15)
The cook, Jaqueline, joins in the Welcoming Ceremony dance (1)
The cook, Jaqueline, joins in the Welcoming Ceremony dance (2)
Lucky speaking to the children
vegetable bin in the kitchen
New Kitchen serving window
new kitchen building
P6 Class of girls
some girls eating lunch, some on playground equipment
new twister game in front of 4 classrooms
P5 class with Frank and teacher
stove in the new kitchen P (1)
A cook scraping out the posho pot P
Primary bathrooms P
it's nap time in the baby class
Nursey middle class P (3)
Nursery Top Class P (1)
P1 Class of girls
P3 Class P (2)
Playground and library building
Welcoming ceremony (2)
Welcoming ceremony (3)
Welcoming ceremony (5)
Welcoming ceremony (8)
Welcoming ceremony (9)
Teacher Secret at the Welcoming ceremony
Welcoming ceremony (12)
Welcoming ceremony (14)
Welcoming ceremony (18)
Lucky speaking at Welcoming ceremony
the new staff housing P
confused looking nursery girls at Welcoming ceremony
Welcoming ceremony (28)
Welcoming ceremony (30)
Welcoming ceremony (31)
Welcoming ceremony (32)
Welcoming ceremony (34)
Making Melodies dance we all joined in (2)
Making Melodies dance we all joined in (3)
Making Melodies dance we all joined in (6)
Making Melodies dance we all joined in (7)
P7 Class of girls
plaque for Josh's family P5
P5 class (2)
Kitchen store room
One water tank
school grounds (3)
school grounds (4)
school grounds (1)
dish washing at the new kitchen
P4 class of girls
P2 Class (1)
school grounds (6)
staff housing (5)
staff housing (7)
view from staff housing (1)
view from staff housing (2)
Orphanage front
Orphanage - girls playing
Orphanage back
chicken coop at orphanage
orphanage playground
F & A playing with girls (1)

Where We Are

June 24, 2026 – flew to Buffalo to spend a week up at Josh’s.

July 3rd, 2026 – returned to Buffalo, spent the night and flew to JFK next day to then catch a flight to Africa for 9 weeks!

July 6 – Reunion

July 13 – Mauritius inc Rodrigues Island

July 25 – Madagascar

August 3 – Johannesburg

August 9 – Malawi & Zambia

August 21 – Mozambique & Eswatini

September 2 – Cape Town

September 8 – home!

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