Farewell Africa

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Well, I only have 6 minutes of internet time and Mike is waiting for me at our new favorite resaraunt so i will make this short and sweet, just like this trip has been.

I awoke this morning to rain. Not exactly what I wanted for our last beach day but the sky would eventually clear enough to give me a few more hours basking in the sun. Although I think we are both quite excited qbout the new school year, I am a bit sad to leave Africa. She always has some grand unexpected event waiting right around the corner. After all this rest, I feel like heading out to explore Senegal, Gambia, and the rest of the continent. Oh well, maybe next year.

Thank you all for tuning in and following along. It was really great reading all of your comments. They gave us a nice connection to home when things got a little too West African.

i will post many more pictures once i get home just in case any of you will still be interested.

2 minutes so gotta go! See you all soon.
love eric and mike

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Comments

[Christina]

See you soon?
Let me know when you have time to catch up. The fall raspberry season is on the branch right now!!

[Lucille]

Farewell
Well you two have had a wonderful adventure and experience. Safe travels home. See you soon and will look forward to your latest photos once you get home. love your friend, Lucille

[deleted_20337]

Bravo!
You'll not read this until you arrive home, but our best wishes for a safe and easy travel for the return leg of this enlightening trip. Eric....you will surely see more of the world, in time.....you've had a taste and there will be no stopping you, we're sure! Michael....as always, adventure is in your blood, so you will continue far reaching journeys - more mountains to climb, as they say. Maybe one day for me too? At the least, I will hope that Gia finds your recollections inspiring enough to seek adventure in her own life. I will be the cheering section for as long as I'm around and will follow along with excitement and anticipation, just as I've done here. Looking forward to your return and to catching up on all that we've done this summer, respectively. Take good care, we will see you soon! love, Suze and Gia

[Mom/Carol]

Sweet farewell - sweeter welcom home
Eric and Mike I am sure this trip has been quite an adventure - the people, culture, terrain, the sites, the animals and on and on and on and perhaps the personalities of two american teachers in Africa giving a bit of their intellect, humor and themselves to the people of West Africa. All good things come to an end but the memories of those experiences live of for ever. Your students this year will definitely have adventurous, humorous and touching stories told to them - probably on a daily basis. How lucky they are and how lucky we all were to travel this journey with you. Thank you for taking the time to share with us - looking forward to seeing you today and then your pictures and hearing more of your adventures. See you SOON. Love Mom

[Kylie]

Wow!
Wow! I can't beleive it's over! You're leaving! It seems like just yesterday, we were walking out of the Brooks for the last time! I miss it so much! I'm sad, but excited at the same time! I'll stop before I've said 'I can't beleive it' in five hundred different ways. Have a safe trip home, and I hope to see you both really soon! I miss you all! -Kylie

[deleted_20337]

Still following along!
Hi guys....just wanted to let you both know that I am still following along, even though you are now back home. It was wonderful to see each of you - Eric, I'd love to hear some of your stories sometime! I can only imagine how nice it must feel to be in comfortable surroundings again - nothing like a soft bed and a hot shower in your own place, right? I am still checking in and glad I did....more photos and truly, all that I have been told is coming much clearer as a result of seeing the pictures. Michael, thanks for sharing some of your trip stories with Gia and I.....as you said, it is hard to really imagine what it all was like there, unless one actually experiences it.....but nonetheless, your descriptive commentary did justice to it all quite nicely. Gia and I are thrilled and touched with our gifts....it is as if we've been given a part of your trip in those new treasures and we will cherish them always. Thank you for your thoughtfulness, so very much. Thank you both for allowing us to come along on your journey. We are the richer for having shared such an amazing experience with you and maybe, one day, one of us will be able to return that favor with our own grand adventure. love, Suzanne and Gia