We've Arrived Safely! by Jacob, Maykayla and Hallie!

Well first off we made it safe and sound! We arrived at MSP Airport and wanted to get food right away. Of course we chose the farthest food venue from our gate but we still made it in time:) Our first flight was 8 hours and was very smooth Hallie and I were lucky enough to sit next to each other on both flights. Delta overwhelmed us with food constantly which made it hard for us to sleep. But it was very good food and we were never hungry. Mr. McMorrow said he has never had this open of a flight, this allowed us to sleep on the floor and move around. We landed in Amsterdam around 6 A.M their time and we had a 4 hour layover. We all took our malorone together which was an obstacle for Rachel who brought her own spoons to crush the pills. We have never seen an airport as busy as this one was at 7 A.M in the morning. Our 4 hour layer over consisted of adventuring for food, sleeping on the freezing floor, people watching (Hallie’s favorite), hair braiding and cleaning up for our next flight.  We boarded our flight to Tanzania at 10:15 A.M and experienced more struggles. During this flight we experienced more turbulence in the beginning but got better as the flight went on. Most of us got to sit by people from our group and if not we would walk around and go by others. Around 2 hours into the flight we were able to have lunch. A lot of us slept through lunch it but Jacob ate and it was pretty good. Finally, around 9 P.M. we arrived at the Kilimanjaro airport and walked out of the plane to humidity -but we all loved it! After waiting in a long line for a visa we all made it through and everyone got their luggage. We loaded up the dala dala Tanzanian style with the bags on top and headed to the lodge. We were surprised to see all the people on the side of road either just sitting or walking around. It was different for us to drive on the left side of he road but the ride was pretty smooth. We made it to the lodge around 11 P.M. and were greeted by the wonderful staff who had great hospitality. We found all our rooms and got settled and then had our first dinner in the lodge.  We were nervous about our first dinner but blown away by how good it was. Now we are just getting ready and cleaned up for bed because we have a busy day tomorrow!

Thinking about you and love you mom, dad and Kenna-Love, Hallie

Love you Mom and Dad- Makayla ( P.S Tami Maddie didn’t get sick:)

Love you Mom. - Jacob