Blogs from Fullerton, California, United States, North America

DId a drive up and down the Vegas Strip this morning much to the kids hilarity over the glamourous pictures of "dreamgirls" on the side of a promotional van. Then followed a 5 hour drive over countless arid mountain ridges and roadworks to a 200 shop Mall called Ontario Mills outside LA. The older kids enjoyed shopping for couple of hours before we arrived in Anaheim home of the original Disneyland which the same age as the present writer/ We did a reccy of the Disneyland box office and left $400 dollars lighter being the cost of one day's admission for the family tomorrow, Good Friday. Weather forecast is good so we can't complain. Evening finished with a tasty cheese pizza in the open air with real tomato sauce. Kids also managed an hour in the ... read more

One day until departure and we are just about packed!!! We spent all morning today juggling clothes, sleeping bags, shoes, books, toiletries, food, and fun stuff between our packs. We decided on a traveler's backpack and a duffel bag each. The duffel bags are filled with shoes for the kids in Kenya and some food. Our flight departs LAX tomorrow at 4:10 pm. The first stop on our journey is in Amsterdam, where we will be taking a bike tour through the city before boarding our flight into Nairobi. We could not be more excited for our adventure. The idea for our trip came out of a Facebook conversation we shared last summer. After a summer where it seemed like the universe wouldn't allow us to hang out, we started planning the trip in September. Six ... read more