We got up this morning and headed out from the Rift Valley lodge. The road into and out of there is KILLER. It is completely made of rocks and mud and is ridiculously bumpy. But if we thought that road was long, bumpy and rough-- we had no idea what was ahead. We had a 3 hour ride in front of us. We stopped to full up on gas and let Bailey get money from the ATM. Where we stopped there was a little "super market" that you could purchase liquor from. I bought 2 little bottls of Konyagi for 4 schillings each. What a steal!!!! It is said to be the equivalent of drinking something similar to everclear...interesting! Apparently you can't purchase this liquore back in the States, so it will be something special to take back home. We also got some items at the lodge we just left. I got a bottle opener, a hair barrett for my Mom and some African made sandals.
From there we ended up on the long, bumpy road. It didn't seem so bad at first, but we were on it for what seemed like days. As I say again, you can do some real soul searching on those roads. Finally, we pulled up at the lodge and mannnn oh man is this place a sight for sore eyes. The lodge is located on the lake, except that the lake is dry right now. In the distance there are mountains/hills that are hiding the crater that we are going to see last. There is an amazing view from every place you stand. The owner took us on a tour of the place and we were shown the fresh water ponds and stream that the locals are allowed to come and get water from.
Later, we went to the pool and got some real African sun. Totally right up my alley...I love the pool. Then we went on a long walk out on the lake bed. There were locals herding their cattle and goats to the fresh water stream for water. We took a lot of photos of them. Some turned out really great!
After that, we took showers and got ready to go up the cliff behind the lodge for a sunset view and a beer. It was amazing and the conversation among us all was really comfortable. Brooke opened up to us and us to Brooke. We all seemed just far enough into the trip that we could share ourselves and let down our guards a little. It was great. We had a nice afternoon off to just take everything in and let the trip really sink in. The end of the trip is nearing and every minute should be treasured. We then headed back down for dinner, which was great too. The food is soooo good here. Lunch was spaghetti and tonight we had a little steak. I'm passing out now- early for once. Tomorrow we are going to see a tribe of hunters and gathers. We are going to hunt with them--that should be interesting.
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