Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Operation Waterwheel.

1000 miles, 24 hours driving one way, 8 days, 7 (of my most favorite) people, 2 SUV's, 1 possibly impassible road. Our New Year's aventure to the furthest region of Liberia was every bit exciting as it was beautiful.
Here are some pictures, in random order.
At one point we had to build our own road, well the guys did most of the work, but we look pretty darn good holding the tools.

Fish Town Beach, the most beautiful beach I have seen in Liberia.

On the road to Fish Town Beach.

The whole gang (almost) driving around town. Front seat- Andrew and I. Back seat- Cramer, John, Elena and Brenda. Somewhere in the very back- Will.

We spent an afternoon in the Ivory Coast, just a short canoe ride away. I was almost traded in marriage for a donut, but they decided to keep me at the last minute. Thanks guys.

It's late, we're dirty, but we made it, phew!

Stuck, again. I actually got to help pull them out this time.

After almost 20 hours of driving we made it to Maryland County...almost there.

These stairs in the old lighthouse were pretty scary, but the view from the top was amazing!

Towards the begining of the trek we thought this was a big one.

The beach in Harper.

One of several beautiful old churches in town.


We all ran up to the roof to enjoy the New Year's marching band- even the dog, Obama.


Sunset.