A visit from home!

On June 12 both our daughters arrived in Ghana to spend the next 9 days with us! What fun we had and some very unique experiences! We had a little of everything. It was a special time to spend with them.We started at Cape Coast where we visited Elmina castle, one used for slave trade, we stayed a night at Coconut grove beach resort and enjoyed riding horses on the beach, drove to Kakum national park and did the canopy walk....a rope bridge above the treeline, we petted crocodiles at a reserve, drove to Kumasi and enjoyed the market place, a kente village, the cultural center and even a missionary zone conference. We headed north and went to a monkey village, Kintempo falls and finally to Mole national park for a little safari. Our highlights including seeing elephants up close and personal! I will post a few highlight pictures.

Elmina castle in Cape coast, Ghana

horseback riding and swimming on the beach

canopy walk Kakum national park

petting crocodiles at Hans Botel

Anna was our gutsy one. She would try the whole fish!

we visited a kente village and the girls tried their hand at making the cloth. They also brought school supplies and we visited a little neighborhood school.

Visiting the monkey village was a lot of fun

we had fun climbing a ficus tree

Playing at Kintempo falls

visiting a missionary apartment

our safari vehicle

We had so much fun watching the elephants. The last elephant picture was taken from our swimming pool looking down as they walked out of their swimming hole. We took it through some binoculars

The day the girls left we visited the Accra temple and also the gulf of Guinea. It was sad to say goodbye but we have wonderful memories!