The following journals were uploaded directly from Africa via satellite telephone and land line using a Gateway P3 laptop computer and the wonders of the internet. These journals were posted "live from Africa" in the spring of 2001. Additional text entries may be added from time to time.

30 March 2001-09:30hr-Farmington, CT USA - Expedition Arrives in America. 25 March 2001-7:00hr-Accra, Ghana- Good Bye Africa, For Now.... 20 March 2001-11:30hr-Lome, Togo- Unrest at the Togo Border. 16 March 2001-17:30hr-Grand Popo, Benin- Toward The Coast and Benin. 13 March 2001-14:30hr-Niamey, Niger - On To Niamey. 11 March 2001-22:16hr-Niger - Expedition Crosses into Niger. 10 March 2001-17:38hr-Mali - Expedition Heads for Niger border. 9 March 2001-17:35hr-Mali - Expedition Heads toward Gao, Mali, 8 March 2001-20:07hr-Mali - Timbuktu!!! 8 March 2001-21:15hr-Mali - Expedition Arrives in Timbuktu! 7 March 2001-17:04hr-Mali - Expedition 50 miles from Timbuktu. 6 March 2001-20:06hr-Mali - Expedition Heads to the Dogon Region. 6 March 2001-17:03hr-Mali - Expedition Explores the Dogon Valley. 5 March 2001-20:05hr-Mali - Expedition Explores Djenne. 5 March 2001-15:48hr-Mali - Expedition Stays in the Dogon Region. 4 March 2001-17:04hr-Mali - Expedition heads for Timbuktu. 01 March 2001-18:28hr-Mali - Expedition Reaches Bamako, Mali. 28 February 2001-18:27hr-Mali - Trouble Off-Road in Mali. 28 February 2001-18:27hr-Mali - Trouble Off-Road in Mali. 27 February 2001-18:26hr-Mali - Expedition Arrives in Mali. 27 February 2001-18:26hr-Mali - Expedition Arrives in Mali. 26 February 2001-18:25hr-Senegal - Camped in East Senegal. 25 February 2001-18:25hr-Senegal - Expedition Heads East. 24 February 2001-23:10hr-Dakar, Senegal - Team heads for Dakar Senegal... Again. 21 February 2001-8:05hr-Nouakchott - Delayed again by major truck failure. 20 February 2001-12:05hr-Nouakchott - Team heads for Dakar Senegal. 18 February 2001-21:05hr-MAURITANIA - Team heads to Nouakchott. 17 February 2001-22:26hr-MAURITANIA - Team Crosses into Mauritania and Makes History! 16 February 2001-17:29hr-WESTERN SAHARA - Team Reaches Mauritanian Border. 14 February 2001-21:21hr-WESTERN SAHARA - Team crosses into Western Sahara. 13 February 2001-13:53hr-Agadir, Morocco - Team Prepares to Leave Morocco. 11 February 2001-4:15hr-Marrakech, Morocco - Team reaches Marrakech. 9 February 2001-8:15hr-Fès, Morocco - Team reaches Fès. 7 February 2001-1:43hr-Gibraltar - Gear Box Gets Fixed. 6 February 2001-21:50hr-Gibraltar - Trucks clear customs. 5 February 2001-12:17hr-Cadiz, Spain - One truck clears customs. 4 February 2001-04:47hr-Madrid, Spain - Expedition team arrives in Madrid. 31 January 2001-00:47hr-Simsbury, CT USA - Expedition Prepares To Leave.