Saturday, 23 Mar 2024 – We just embarked on our first organized overseas land tour! This tour was planned originally for December 2020 by Jesse’s sister as a tour of South Africa & Kruger National Park, with an extension to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The destination was changed and postponed at least twice, due to the Covid 19 pandemic and health concerns. We had been to both places – in fact, we spent 4 days in Rome with my son Mark & his wife in 2006 and have seen everything there, but didn’t mind visiting again. We’ve been to Paris several times, too, on short visits and had seen most of the highlights there.
Sally’s son, Scott, dropped us off at the Joe Foss Field (FSD)
Airport in Sioux Falls, SD, for our 11:05 AM Delta Airlines flight to the
Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) Airport, St. Paul, MN. Sally was taken by wheelchair to our
departing gate to the Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport, Paris, France. We arrived rather early, as our overnight Delta
Airlines flight was not scheduled to depart until 5:25 PM. A few hours later, we were surprised by the
arrival of several members of our tour group from Memphis: Verna, Earl, Julia, Camille, Dorothy, and
Brooks! It seemed like a flight to
Atlanta would have been more direct, but what do we know! We were served dinner and a light breakfast
during the flight. Sally tried to nap,
while Jesse watched movies and dozed, frequently.
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