So our family girls' trip has come to an end. I have so much to blog about and will try my best later this week when we get back to Bo- but I wanted to send out a quick update.
We spent the last few days at River No 2 Beach- it is beautiful, relaxing, and like coming home as I have built a few friendships there and they take such good care of us. We started the trip by taking everyone to the market to buy gifts- WOW!!! Maybe still a little surprised we made it through that one. It was then on to the guest house. They didn't quite have room for us so they made some- well that turned out to be a house with a huge parlor and two fine rooms with bathrooms inside each. Our first activity was to head to the cinema- cram in with everyone else and watch on two small TVs USA lose to Ghana. That was not what we had hoped for. The last game Amers and I watched with many who were cheering for us and hugging us as we won. This game of course we were pretty much the only ones wanting USA to move on so it wasn't the greatest of environments- but still an experience.
Amy, Rainny, and I ate our dinner on the beach under the moon- a great way to get over a difficult loss. Of course you know how we love to swim so the next item on the agenda was a good night swim. It didn't last long as the waves were getting bigger and bigger and our suits were taking on a lot of sand as we crashed into the shore.
Sunday was the perfect last day for all of us. We ate breakfast on the beach, walked around, chatted, read our books, grandma took a nap in a little hut right there on the beach... and yes we swam- ALL OF US!!! This beach has a river entering the ocean so there is a really calm spot to swim in this little inlet- I thought this would be perfect for Grams but she first wanted to try the ocean. Lorie and I each grab one of her arms and climb down the sand to the beach. Mom came with us as well. The waves were not huge but were also by no means small. Lorie and I are holding tightly to Grams when a good size wave comes in- just as we have all our focus on her and realize we are all still standing we see that mom went down. Well as the ocean goes- the wave that knocked her down is now trying to pull her back out and a new wave is coming in to push her back- AND we are all laughing so that makes it all the harder to get up. I give Grams to Lor and send them in and then Mom and i work on getting her up and out. We decided that the inlet was the place for us.
Our friend James at the Guest House told Grams of this waterfall just up the river. After talking to everyone we thought that would be a good excursion to take. Later in the afternoon we hopped into this wooden boat and started our journey up the river. We were looking for monkeys and crocodiles and really just appreciating the birds, fish, crabs and other things we were seeing- but wanting the big ones. It is not often they see crocs so we were on the look-out for monkeys. HOWEVER you know how easy it is to keep the 5 of us and our friend Rainny quiet. We saw nothing on the way there, but the falls were great and Amy, Rainny, and I along with James and our boat man Sheku climbed to the top and found this amazing fresh water pool. It was SOOO clean and it was cold- just what we wanted. Our new favorite place it has become.
On the way back we tried our best to be quiet and I think you would all be proud of us- however we didn't see any monkeys. We were almost out when I heard James and Sheku talking behind us. I could understand what they were saying and they were arguing about whether this thing in front of us was a croc or log. I began watching and soon we all saw that indeed it was a croc- you could see his eyes and back and he kept going up and down just slightly. We were able to watch him for a good couple minutes before he finally went under. It was then that James and Sheku told us it had been quite some time since they last saw a croc. We were happy and satisfied with our boat trip.
Once again we ate a fine dinner- shrimp, barracuda, lobster- and yes chicken for Rainny. We laughed and talked into the night. Woke to a bit of rain but still enjoyed our last morning together. We drove the coastline back to town and headed to the ferry- that was a long wait and travel to the airport but we made it safely and said our good byes. We think they made it off safely, but to be honest don't know for sure. :) No I know they are fine.
I am not sure if it was to comfort ourselves or to celebrate but Amers and I went out and had the best dinner yet. This whole trip grams has asked for ice cream which we found once. Lor wanted ice in her pop. So as soon as they left Am and I tried this new place I had heard about and had not only ice in our pop, we had REAL pizza that was delicious, and of course ice cream for dessert. We did miss them though and talked about them the whole time.
So now it is Amy and I and yes a bit of work as well- can't take a full month off.
I'll be back on here soon to fill you in on our past and future adventures. Thanks for your prayers- our last bag came in, Everyone's health was good after our one bad night, and Grams was a huge hit and did amazing. I am so proud to be a part of this family and that they were here with me.
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