My trip expected trip to the Philippines is getting closer all the time!
I am going with a couple of good friends of ours. We will, I think, fly to Manila after which we will fly to Dumaugete City, and after that we will go to Amlan where these friends are having their family build them a house. From there I'm not sure what is going to happen. I will stay with our friends part of the time, and then my brother-in-law who lives on Guimaras Island with his wife will come to get me from there. I'm not sure how long I will stay with Carol's brother and his wife, and how long I will stay with our friends at their place. We will leave here October 16th and return here October 31st. If I were just going on my own for other reasons I would try to stay a little longer, but this is our friend's vacation, and I am going with him and his wife, so I am fitting into their schedule. Maybe next time I will stay longer, we will see. I think this is really going to be fun, and I am looking forward to the trip. I wish my wife Carol were going along to, and our friends and her brother badly wanted her to come, but she is terrified of flying. I don't know how she ever managed to fly over there in 2006. I think she about had a nervous breakdown. I piloted small Cessna airplanes years ago as a hobby pilot. I stopped that once I realized I was spending too much money, and I wasn't rich enough to own an airplane, so after about 150 hours or so I stopped piloting the airplanes. I have flown a couple of trips within the U.S.A. One trip to New Mexico, and another to Louisiana, so flying doesn't bother me. Al said that his wife Claire who is a filipina prays while they are flying especially taking off and landing, so I will pray with them. It is not much more than three months away, and I can't wait!
