Looking good. One more flight left. Boarding our plane to Dar es Salaam.

Last Leg of the trip

The girls were pretty excited to get back to the Airport. Just another 5 hour flight and we're there! Cassie is posing with Bob the Sick Sack Man and Angel is with Flat Stanley.

Well we finially got to our Hotel in Dubai. After a 3 hour wait for the hotel shuttle that never came, we ended up taking a taxi. It's pretty nice here in the night time. We'll see how it looks in the morning. It's midnight here, but only noon @ home. Can't wait to get to Dar. The girls, (Amber included) are being so good. They really don't know what time or what day it is. So far, Cassie dose not want to EVER go back to New York........"it's noisy, dirty and it stinks!" Thanks Cass. One more thing. While at the JFK airport Cassie and I were walking around and we saw three Jewish men in their hats and robes and their long curlie side burns (or whatever they are called) walking towards us. Cassie said to me, hey Dad look......the three wise men."........okie dokie. All for now from Dubai.

In Dubai

Baggage Claim in Dubai. WOW.

Nice Flight to Dubai

The entertainment system was pretty sweet. There were three cmeras that you could view on the outside of the plane. I wonder why the pilot flew around Saudia Arabia?

The Long Haul

Checking in for our flight to Dubai. The girls were thrilled to see our crew show up. They told them to come back in ten years for a job.....I said, ya right."

Pride & Honor

Truck 10 leaving on a call and the NLFD Patch being put up on the board.

The "Ten House"

Had to visit the Ten House which is next to ground zero. The girls and I were lucky to get our picture on Truck 10 right before it left on a fire.....

Subway to Ground Zero

With the long layover @ JFK, we decided to brave the NYC Subway..........not highly reccommended.

Seattle Airport

Checking in for all the fun ahead in Seattle.

Just Relaxing

Thought this might be the last time to relax for a couple of days of traveling that are ahead.

Made it to Seattle just fine.......man that's a lot of bags.....and the girls are pretty cut too. Just waiting for our shuttle to the Hotel. Can't wait to get back to the airport tomorrow & 4:30 am

Flying to Seattle

Amber and Cassie made use of their time on the plane today by making a puppet out of the barf bag! Glad it was clean.

Spokane Airport

Welllllllllllll, the trip begins. Made it to the Spokane Airport this morning. Flying just to Seattle today.

Leaving for Africa

We are two days away from leaving for Africa. Sunday we fly to Seattle. Monday morning we fly to JFK, have a bit of a layover then on to Dubai. We will stay the night there and finally fly to Dar es Salaam on the 14th. We will be there for just about a month. With trips planned for a safari, a week in Zanzibar and who knows what else, it should be the trip of a lifetime........stay tuned for more as we would love to share our trip with you. -Eric, Amber, Angelina and Cassie-

Family Picture

Ambers Birthday this past September on Lake Coeur d' Alene.