Ever wonder if Lake Titicaca exists or if has always been just fun to say for Americans? Well it's in Peru on the boarder w/ Bolivia. Yes the Bolivia where the Famous Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid escaped to.
We are starting to really look forward to this next adventure. Traci has been preparing by taking a refresher course and exam in ACLS or advanced cardiac life support along w./ reading up on the things we should be aware of, snake bites (of course all manner of snakes ) ,spider bites, monkey bites, Jellyfish, Hemorrhagic Dengue fever, flesh eating parasites or perhaps the ever disgusting Bot Fly. Of course we could stumble into heat stroke, dehydration,land slides, sea sickness or even altitude sickness in the Peruvian Andes . Oh well, the more we learn the safer we will be.
We found out there are a number of other dependent children who will be sailing which is great for the kids.
Our logistics are in place but I have to say we will be kind of figuring out this voyage on the fly. Both Traci and I are working right up to the evening before we depart, This Friday, May 18th.
The kids are disappointed to be missing a few events, classmates and their sports teams but we know this type of education is priceless and it is a relatively short period of time in the grand scheme.
I again will be leaning on my brother and the dedicated intelligent staff at Lehrer & Madden and FishAye Trading co.
Your all tops!
We look forward to writing and sharing pictures during this 2012 Maymester aboard the MV/EXPLORER.
Best always
Capt. John
Lat 42.39 N
Long 71.17W
Dry Land
Well done Johnnie; we so look forward to your updates and the occasional one from Trac. I see you haven't lost your writing skills. Safe journey; love you all. Bump
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ReplyDeleteTraci, John, Anna, Layne, and Big D!
ReplyDeleteSo excited for you all to be traveling via SAS again! I can't wait to read all about it! You know, as I read, I won't be able to help thinking about the dining hall..... oh, I hope you don't have loooooooooong days in the dining hall (but kids, get your school work done!) or about the 7th deck (may you have many days of smooth sailing for pool time!) or about the lounge (hide out for adults and kids - did you know that during Happy Hour you can sneak in and get a bowl of gold fish!) or about the anticipation of what adventure lies ahead as you the pilot is leading you into port, or about taco days (ok, rather just forget about that -- they aren't 'real' tacos anyway!). What ever you are doing for the Maymester, we will be there vicariously! Pass along HUGS to all the crew that sailed with us 2010!!
PS -- Trac, I hope you have a professionally rewarding trip (all those potential medical issues to deal with -- phew!) and a personally fantastic voyage!!
Love, Amy