After travels with too many restaurant meals, I’m needing to get out and walk for some exercise. Here are images from along the way.
The first is digitalis, commonly known as foxglove. and the latter is a yellow version of what we have in Tanzania called lion’s paw with orange blossoms.
The end of my walk was at the hill above our house.
I now know how to use the panorama function on my iPhone, so this is a glimpse of the 180+ degree view.
There was more preparation for Tanzania, but we also needed some good light hiking shoes for Anya for time in Tanzania. So, after a late lunch, we took off by bus to the largest sporting goods store in the area called XXL. We found a pair that she liked. Fortunately, they will be 19% discounted after a tax rebate. I also think it prudent to buy a dressier pair of shoes for Pastor Nangole’s retirement celebration on July 19, as I only brought more casual skirts for travel. I still need to figure out a skirt that is more dressy than my indestructible polyester khaki skirt from my favorite Value Village thrift store, so I’ll visit the Salvation Army thrift store in Sandnes on Monday.
On the way out of the mall, we realized that there were no buses from the mall area after 3:20 PM! So, we ended up walking about 2 km or 1.5 miles to a road where the #2 bus stops. After 15 minutes, the bus arrived, but it was the Smeiaheia #2 bus, which doesn’t go close to our house! Why does the #2 route have two different routes which aren’t identified on the chart or on the app!?! This is why Smeiaheia is our word of frustration. Yet, we did take it and change to the number 3 bus at another mall, but it meant waiting another 25 minutes. I thought that we might have walked home just as fast, though Anya would not have enjoyed it at all.
After homemade pizza for dinner, we watched the first half of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and then Anya went for a short conditioning run.
There’s much to to still in preparations, and I realized I should do a complete back up of my computer and photos and send my external harddrive back with Scott on Monday for safekeeping.
Onward!
With blessings,
Beth
And a Happy Blessed Birthday to my Friend!! How did you celebrate? I hope you had some ice cream, at least! Take a break!