I am getting closer to this timezone. I woke up at 5:30am. I used that time to charge some more of my electronics, backup my photos and work on a video edition of the podcast (Las Vegas). We ate breakfast again at the hotel. The porridge made from sorghum was very good, they told us …

I am not as adjusted to this time-zone as I thought. I woke up at 3:30am and did not sleep much after that point. It could be because that is when Jack, my roommate, woke up and took his shower. I listened to music for a while, watched a movie (Office Space). We ate breakfast …

I managed to sleep well until 5:30am at which point I was slept out. After trying to sleep for another half hour I succumbed to consciousness and caught up on some of my video podcasts on my iPod. Jack, who I am rooming with is mostly deaf without his hearing aid so I did not …

When we got to Kenya we were somewhat uncertain where to go but someone who we think may have been a private business man collected our luggage tags and went down to claim the luggage of the folks whose luggage had not been booked directly with Rick and check it in. Rick also checked on …

Mid-flight Loretta realized that her fanny pack with her credit card, ATM card and other things had probably been left at a store in the SFO airport. We tackled the Heathrow airport with a noticeable lack of direction and leadership as Rick (exhausted) did not want to take charge and no one else seemed to …

Eight of our group met at church and carpooled up to San Francisco. We met Carol and Jack at the airport, the missing two members of the group. There was quite a long line of travelers checking in for the British Air flight to London (about a full 747 number of people). One thing that …

I grabbed an early (~8 am) shuttle from the visitor center into the park to the river walk at the far Northern end of the shuttle run. I ate my pop tarts on shuttle. I wanted to get an early start to avoid crowds and some of the heat of the day. The entire hike …

What I now know is that one of the reasons for the spectacular geography in Bryce Canyon is the weather. Bryce has 200 days a year where it freezes and then thaws. Unfortunately, the night I stayed was one of those nights. It got down to 22?F, which is a bit cold to be sleeping …

The tour of Antelope Canyon had been one of my biggest goals on this trip and it did not disappoint. I arrived at Lower Antelope Canyon at about 8:30am. No other tourists were there yet and the canyon was still closed from the effects of a flash flood which had washed through the canyon 2 …

With no working lantern I went to bed early, but slept poorly. Throughout the night the tent seems as if it would blow away with me in it. I had no trouble getting up to watch the sunrise, but the canyon was still very overcast and cold. After watching the sunrise I packed up my …