Longitude Blog

Today's day-long stop in Casablanca, Moroco was the greatest layover I've ever experienced.  Royal Air Maroc knows what its doing.  From the moment we arrived in Casablanca everything has been on the house as we were wisked via shuttle to the Atlas Hotel for a free lunch, dinner, and hotel room.  Now, after two hot showers, a nap, some CNN, and a wireless connection to the blog we are off to the airport once more to finally make the connection that will drop us in Accra at two in the morning on the 28th of December.  It will ultimately be about 40 hours of travel from the time we left our home

I know for sure that when Laura and I first arrived in Ghana in 2003 I never thought I would return again so soon.  Now, I'm returning for the 3rd time in just 6 years?  There are those places in the world where you visit and just know you have to get back there, but to be honest Ghana was not one of them for me or for Laura.  I guess we never counted on the power of friendship and the feeling of family.  These are the reasons we continue to return to Michigan two or three times a year despite its gray sky and sprawling strip malls.  So, why couldn't these same forces bring us across the Atlan

Here we are, done counting down, tomorrow we leave for Ghana.  I just checked and we have reached and surpassed our goal!!!  As Ed said, I can't believe we are actually going.  Thank you everyone for your support and donations.  Folks from all the different parts of my life have been calling and saying it is great what we are doing.  I tell them it is not such a big deal; this is what we are supposed to do if we are presented with the opportunity.  Happy holidays to everyone.