Liz in Nepal

We got an email from Liz! That is her in the photo, wearing her green hat on the right. The email came to us from the airport in the Kathmandu, where she and the others in her tour group were waiting for their helicopter ride to Langtang. In her words: "We'll sleep at 9,000 feet tonight and then hike up to 12,000 for the rest of the time with the option to climb up to 15,000 for a day hike. We'll see how I'm feeling with the altitude. I've got a little time so maybe I'll try posting a blog. Whenever the power goes off, I lose my connection. Power in Kathmandu goes on and off. It's also on a schedule. Yesterday, for instance, power went off at 1700 hours and came back on at 2030. It's hard for visitors to keep track since it's different everyday. Coming home from dinner some of the shops are dark, and some have generators going to power lights. And this is the biggest city in Nepal!"

Check out her blog, she did have time to post a couple of photos and descriptions of her adventures. Wow! She got to ride an elephant! When Liz was a little girl, her favorite animal was the elephant. When we'd go to the library, her first choice was books about elephants. We soon exhausted all the library had to offer in the children's section, but that was all right with Liz. We read all we could find in the adult section about elephants. We learned a lot--I certainly learned more than I ever wanted to know about elephants! Liz had stuffed toy elephants, elephant slippers, and a collection of elephant knick-knacks. Her favorite movie was Disney's "Dumbo." When she was about 4 or 5 years old, the opportunity arose for her to have a ride on a real elephant. You can imagine how exciting that was for an elephant-crazed little girl. Her big brother Jim and cousin Scott, were less than enthusiastic, but had rides anyway. For Liz, however, that was a highlight of her life at that point. This time, she got to ride an elephant through a jungle! Ahh, sometimes it only gets better, doesn't it?

I hope she'll be able to post more. It's very reassuring to know that things are going well and she's having a wonderful time. It is a scary world, out there, you know...and moms worry. What can I say? It's what we do...