Granddaughter: when we went to Uganda

Subject: Danis first trip to Uganda
Dear Olivia
in 1965 when Dani was only 1 year old I took a teaching job in Kampala Uganda. It was very scary as there were no books about that country except by a man and woman who were nearly eaten by lions while sleeping in their tent. The news here was about white people being massacred in the Congo. But we decided to go.
Baby Dani and Grandma Geraldine waited in Montreal while I went to school to learn about living in the tropics. Then we flew with ten other teachers and families to Paris. We taxied around Paris for a day then got on a plane. In the Rome airport Dani had had enough of this travelling and screamed. One teacher, Bill Carter (later to become Rods god father) gave Dani a drink of wine. Dani was plastered and fun for everyone except his mother. When we got on the plane for Entebbe, Dani was asleep.
Next morning we landed on the blue shore of Lake Victoria with red soil surrounded by lush green forest. Black men wearing white overalls pushed a stairway out to our plane and we were on African soil.
We lived in the Kampala Hotel 2 weeks before getting a house I think I showed you some movies of Dani and your Mom playing in the backyard. We loved to take weekend trips like the one you will take this weekend with Dani and Rod to Murchison Falls Park. Dani used to laugh when I drove off the road to chase bush pigs. (bad!) I think this is why a few years ago he and my dog chased the sheep through a fence. Have fun at Murchison this weekend. Hope they sill have elephants and other animals feeding under th lights at night. Hold onto Danis hand so he doesnt chase the pigs. Love Grampa larry
White people being massacred... no one tells the Christmas Classics like Grampa Larry...Rod