{"id":53,"date":"2012-09-25T18:44:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T18:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenajenkinshoffmeyer.com\/laurena\/?p=53"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:21:13","slug":"general-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenajenkinshoffmeyer.com\/laurena\/general-information\/","title":{"rendered":"General Information"},"content":{"rendered":"

As long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to travel to Africa.  I watched Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Animal Kingdom and visited a number of zoos all over the country and dreamed about seeing the giraffes and elephants in their natural habitat.  My parents, who had traveled all over the world, still had Africa on their bucket list.  Unfortunately, as they aged, distant trips were not within their physical capabilities.<\/p>\n

One day, while walking around the Lincoln Park Zoo with a friend, she said she had always wanted to travel to Africa but didn’t know anyone who shared her interest so that made the trip a “single supplement” issue, which can be very costly.  I told her that I had always wanted to go, but my husband was not into taking such a long flight or being some place that might be potentially really hot, or maybe even third world or unsafe.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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