Sunday, November 25, 2007

Engaged!


This is the spot where I asked Barb to marry me, in front of our cabin on the edge of the Masai Mara park boundary in Kenya. We had been out during the day to visit a Masai village, and witnessed our dinner being prepared - from live goat to strips of meat in 30 minutes! It was an amazing day and a beautiful setting for a very special moment.

Our trip is wrapping up now - we fly out of Uganda in about 8 hours. Uganda has been very interesting - quite different than Kenya in a lot of ways. Humidity and heat! It's quite hot here, and it's been sunny almost every day. We're really close to the shore of Lake Victoria, and we spent most of the afternoon yesterday at the Entebbe Sailing Club. Barb and I both got up on waterskis a few times in the lake, and we're paying for it today. Sore!

I'm trying not to think too much about what it'll be like when we get home...cold and wet, I imagine. I did just check the Grey Cup results though...congratulations Saskatchewan! Regina must be going crazy. First Grey Cup in how many years? Yikes!

1 comment:

Craig and Steph said...

Congratulations on your engagement! That's excellent news! We look forward to meeting Barb someday! Your posts were great and really brought back happy memories of our trip to Africa (especially the Maasai dance videos!) Sorry to hear you had to spend the night at the Nairobi airport. We had to spend 9 hours there, but at least it wasn't overnight. Anyway, we are very excited for you that you had such a wonderful trip and that you are now engaged. Please keep in touch!