I'll be home for Christmas...

Actually, make that Independence Day. Due to a conglomeration of reasons, most chiefly among them being:

1) I spent a lot of time early on in this trip traveling to many of the places I wanted to go. The places that are left on my list are mostly far away, in the North and East. I have been informed by many Ghanaians that traveling to the North, especially, during rainy season probably isn't a good idea. What should be an 8 hour drive can quickly become a 30 hour drive, if the road isn't completely washed out. So I guess I will be skipping that part of the country, since a 30 hour tro-tro drive doesn't exactly sound like fun to me.

2) There are no other volunteers, or even friendly locals, to accompany me on any of these trips, and I don't want to travel that far alone.

3) Sitting in my room alone for a good chunk of everyday, with no one to talk to, is starting to drive me nuts.

4) I miss David like crazy. I think I could handle it if I was keeping busy, but I'm not, so... You get the point.

So I will be leaving Accra on June 28th, a little earlier than I wanted to, but it was either then or just wait it out. I will arrive at JFK Airport that evening. Early the next day, I begin the series of flights that will get me back into Spokane at about 1 pm. For the second part of my flight, from JFK to Spokane, David booked me first class seats! I could really use some first class treatment after this trip, so I'm very excited. I'm sure it's going to spoil me for good, and from then on, I'll only want to fly first class, but oh well.

In conclusion, I will be seeing all of you soon! (A visit to Oregon will be in short order, as well, so I will really be seeing all of you soon.)