We just returned from Carol's beautiful Memorial/Celebration of Life service. Ralph's brother Richard led the service to a full-house chapel. Several people freely spoke about their experiences with Carol and her wonderful outlook on life and her love for family and animals. All spoke of her intelligence and great sense of humor. It was such a very meaningful and personal service.

Ralph spoke of their glorious life together, their 3 sons, 3 grandchildren and their 47 wonderful years together. Her trip of a lifetime, NILE was really her cherry on top! Besides gorgeous flowers, the Chapel was lined with beautiful photos of their life together. Many were photos taken on their LCT trips including ROAR and NILE...proudly displayed was a darling photo of Ngaire and Carol.

Don and Michele were there so it was nice seeing them again. We also were able to meet Mary Elaine & David whom we had only seen photos of before.

Following the service, we went to Ralph's beautiful home. The decor was overwhelmingly an African theme with so many beautiful safari photos and African artwork and artifacts.

We were so happy to meet many of their friends and wonderful family.

We met son Craig & his wife Katie expecting their first child in June. Carol was so pleased when she found out Katie was pregnant. We also met son Brent and his beautiful children Charlotte and Ben as well as our youngest LCT member Brayden. I can understand how Brayden was such a hit on ARCTIC.

It was a very special afternoon and I'm sure exactly how Carol would have planned it herself.

Ralph is doing an amazing job and hanging in there in spite of his heartache. He had printed out all the wonderful comments all the LCT'ers have posted here. I think he feels all of our love and support. We are looking forward to many more happy trips with him.