A day of reflection and great promise.

We had great nights sleep. If you are ever in town we recommend this hotel.

Then it was off for a tour of the capital city. A few pics.

One thing that stood out to me was the traffic. Here we are in non rush hour traffic. Imagine what rush hour is!

One mode of transportation is the motor bike. A trip in town, and it is a big town, is fifty cents to a dollar.

The highlight of the morning was a walk through the genocide memorial. Since over 250,000 Rwandans are buried here no pictures are allowed. During the genocide in 1994, which lasted 100 days, two million were murdered. I did not say killed. They were murdered.

We took a whisper tour of the memorial. We made a donation and were given a pin as a thank you.

Them it was off to the volcanos and gorillas. Along the way Nate snapped these two pics.

Well needed a pit stop. So we stopped at the local halfway house and fueled up. Not a bad place actually. Nate discovered ice Rwanda coffee.

We then went through small village after small village.

As we got closer we came across the Ellen DeGenerous center dedicated to Dian Fossee. Dian lived and studied the gorillas. We are going to visit later this week.

I have not shown you our home away from home. Here it is. Toyota has a monopoly on jeeps here.

We arrive at the camp. As is the custom in this part of the world the camp crew met us with song and dance. Maybe we should do this at the Boulders for new members?

Let me introduce you to our guide and driver. Bernard. He is a survivor of the genocide. His family was hunted. His four sisters and three brothers and mom and dad were slaughtered. He is so knowledgeable and kind. He escaped being killed at the age of ten by running north with four other boys. They slept during the day and walked at night. Ate whatever they could find. One boy was killed by a land mine. Another by a bullet. It took three weeks but he escaped. One sister and one brother who were in other countries also made it. His story touched our souls. Here he is.

We arrived at our camp.

We had to walk up way too many steps because the golf cart was broken. However we saw our first gorilla.

Once we finally got to camp the ladies got ready for our briefing.

After the briefing we walked to our room.

Look what I found on a giant poster bed.

Then off for cocktails and dinner. We were impressed with the menu and wanted to share it with you.

Then since the next day was the highlight of the trip for Nate and I, the gorillas, went to bed. I hope you see why I named this days blog a day of reflection and great promise. Reflection on what the people of this country have been through. Great promise on what is coming the next few days to fulfill a life long dream.

So that is a wrap for today folks. Hope we can sleep!