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| Reagan and Charlie in The Gambia, West Africa, May 2001 |
HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Family, Friends, and other Readers of My Blog, I do wish and pray for you to experience a good and happy life throughout the holidays of November and December 2015. I will be spending time with my Christian church family, my native Louisiana family, my adopted Tennessee families, and other friends both here in Nashville, Tennessee, and Northwest Louisiana. Thanksgiving will be celebrated here in Nashville and I will travel to Louisiana to celebrate Christmas with my sisters and family. I'll be driving to Louisiana departing Nashville December 22 and returning December 29.
One of my 2016 travel plans is to visit my friend Charlie Doggett in Costa Rica for two weeks in February 2016. As he and I have communicated making plans for my visit, I am remembering the visit I made to The Gambia, West Africa, while Charlie was serving as a missionary following his retirement from LifeWay Christian Resources here in Nashville. I mainly took videos while visiting and not many photos. Between a few I took and others Charlie shared with me, I updated my photo galleries with this gallery:
Click the link above to see all the photos in the gallery. Here are just a few.
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| Charlie in Center with Owner of Bird Safari Camp we visited |
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| Visited a couple type lodging camps |
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| This young man took me on a visit to his village |
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| Children at the village were very friendly |
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| We walked to the village from Bird Safari Camp but the kids gave me a ride back to camp. |
My 2016 TRAVEL PLANS
Winter Amtrak Rail Adventure January 10-17 - Repeating my January 2015 Winter Amtrak trip except in reverse direction. I will fly Southwest Airlines to New Orleans January 10 and ride Amtrak's City of New Orleans to Chicago where I will connect to Amtrak's California Zephyr traveling through Denver and Colorado Rockies and on over the Sierra Nevadas to Emeryville, CA, arriving January 15. I will fly American Airlines from San Francisco to Nashville January 17.
Here are my January 2015 Winter Amtrak Rail Trip Galleries
Costa Rica February 9-23 - I will be visiting my friend Charlie Doggett who moved to Costa Rica in December 2014. Charlie lives in Atenas, Costa Rica, and I am hoping he emerges me into his Costa Rica lifestyle. He has been planning for my time in Costa Rica for many months and I am so looking forward to being with and visiting him.
Spring Amtrak Rail Adventure March 27-April 13 - Flying to New Orleans, LA, to travel via Amtrak's City of New Orleans and Empire Builder to Seattle, WA. After a week in Seattle, I will return to New Orleans via Amtrak's Coast Starlight(Sacramento), California Zephyr(Chicago) and City of New Orleans. Return trip is compliments of Amtrak Guest Rewards points I have been earning from all my Amtrak travels for the last few years.
Via Rail and Amtrak Trip to Canada and Albany, NY, May 28 to June 15 - Traveling by Via Rail in Canada to Toronto, Montreal and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Returning to USA via Amtrak for visits to Albany, NY and New Orleans, LA.
Many thanks to all of you who have subscribed to receive my updates in you email inbox. There have not been many updates this Fall as I tend not to travel much during NFL and NCAA football seasons. I'll get cranked back up to more regular updates beginning with my trip beginning January 10.
