No Turning Back Now

Well, the tickets are all paid for and we are set to leave February 8th at 6:35 am for a marathon 27 hour travel period which sees us land in Santa Cruz at 9:10 am local time.  I think our last flight from Miami is on an Albatross (the bird, not the plane) because that leg of the flight is just over 6 hours.  Its actually not that bad because we get a few hours in each airport to organize the kids, get snacks etc and the last flight has us flying through the night so everybody but me can some sleep on the plane.  For some reason I just can't seem to fall asleep on airplanes.  I always think I'm going to miss something out the window kinda like William Shatner in the Twilight Zone episode.  Melody will of course be fast asleep before the plane leaves the runway as usual.

Our flight plan takes us from Saskatoon to Toronto to Miami to La Paz and finally to Santa Cruz and of course the exact opposite on the way home.

The return flights are pretty good because we get to overnight in Miami and get some rest before the leg home.  We are back to our home sweet home on April 5th.

That's all for now folks.  Off to get more shots.

p.s. If you really want a ton of information on the city of Santa Cruz or Bolivia in general, there is a really great blog from a lady who lives in Bolivia that tells you everything you would ever want to know.  She even lists a restaurant I can't wait to go to in Santa Cruz that serves all the local delicacies including armadillo (picture below), crocodile, charque (dried llama or horse meat like jerky seen below hanging to dry in the sun) and pacu (picture below) which is a cousin of the piranha.