Sunday - Milwaukee-bound! :)

Travel day!  We each seemed to have renewed energy and excitement as we began our journey back to our families!  Our smiles were more genuine, our laughter more sincere..  it had been a long 8 days away from home!  We said goodbye to our gracious driver, Andy, who had taken such good care of us, and we boarded the puddle jumper!  We were pleasantly suprised that the plane didn't have to stop in Placencia, as we had on our trek the previous Sunday.  So, the puddle jumper only had one layover!  Even though each plane ride seemed to have much more turbulence than the one before it, we were excited to be heading home.  The reunion with our loved ones at the airport felt long overdue.  We have learned many lessons in Belize, but lesson that will stay with me the most is the everpresent importance of family.  I am so glad that we all went - AND I am so glad that we are all home, in the arms of our loved ones!

Afsaneh holds her "boarding pass" for the puddle jumper.. not quite the boarding passes we are used to!  :)