After our short flight from Accra to Tamale, we met the always smiling Ray Mensah.  Crammed in the back seat, we stopped for lunch, a trip to the Batik store, a quick petrol stop and Fan Ice run, before starting the long drive to the Northernmost village we have traveled to in Ghana, Bunkpurugu.  Our GPS tells us we are here:  +10.773269 -0.621868.  Everyone can figure out on their own how to plug that into Google Maps.  From our Lat/Long, you should be able to see we are about ½ a degree from the equator and very close to the Togo border.

I drove the second half of the five hour drive, as the road turned into a red ribbon of mud and holes. We zigzagged from one side of the road to the other, trying to find the safest routes.  As we bounced along, Ray explained that Daniel and Kaitlyn were getting a free Safari.  Fortunately, Daniel had sufficient gel in his hair to provide a bit of vertical cushion. Several times he left head prints on the roof of the cab.  Beth, who spent most of the day flying or riding in the car, somehow earned 17,000 steps on her Fitbit.  Hmmmm.

A short blog post today, and no pictures, because we have been mostly in transit, arriving late in the evening and then having dinner with Pastor Nathaniel and his wife Eva, our Bimoba hosts. Tomorrow is Sunday, and we will be attending a “traditional” service — in Ghana, that means no organs or Martin Luther hymns, but a lot of dancing and singing.  We should have lots of fantastic pictures tomorrow evening.  We will start the recording tomorrow, and the spend the full day Monday in our makeshift portable studio.

-Pete