kilimanjaro

It was his belated birthday gift - a ticket to the Omnimax movie Kilimanjaro, To the Roof of Africa. He's moving to Tanzania on Dec. 10. I wanted him to be ready, but I couldn't just give him the ticket. Boring. Mysteries are better. My accomplice Dawn and I picked him up and blindfolded him. Despite this, his directional sense was on. He knew where we were at every turn. Not even circling the Tower Grove center cross threw this boy off. I think he'll be okay in Tanzania. We pulled into the Science Center parking lot. He guessed we were at the Science Center, but I lied well enough that I convinced him we were not. We escorted him into the building, the envelope containing the tickets was in his hand. We waited in line. When we arrived at the ticket seller, we made Daudi utter the code word "Kilimanjaro." He was then allowed to remove the blindfold, open the envelope and hand over his ticket to the show. Daudi made it to Kilimanjaro, and he'll do it again one day soon, even if he's blindfolded along the way.