little vacation

Well with only 2 weeks left Jarrod and I took a 4 day “vacation” (as if the whole trip hasn’t already been a vacation) and went down to Liwonde National Park and then to Cape Mac.
Everything in this country is just amazing even in the heat and dryness of October. Liwonde Park is a national reserve for the wild life in Malawi and the largest in the country. Although there are animals in other parks that you can’t find in Liwonde the elephants make it worth the whole trip down. Our first day there was very hot and the wild life was limited but on our second day Jarrod and I got up and out very early and were able to see bison and wart hog (so cute) and lots of other animals. At the end of are all day drive we crossed the path of a group of elephants coming back from the river. I can’t really describe it and the pictures don’t really show it but it was just the coolest thing we have seen in Malawi.
In the evening we went out on a night drive where the animals were as numerous as during the day. We even saw hippo sleeping. As we slept in the camp site in the park the sounds are just unbelievable, you hear the cracking of trees as elephants eat and the groans of hippos. Now if we could have only got our tenting neighbors to stop talking so loudly the sounds of nature would have just put you right to sleep.

Then we travelled on to Cape Mac. Sam had won a voucher to stay at Cape Mac Lodge and very upscale lodge and much nicer then any place we had stayed so far. It was very relaxing there and a great time to just unwind and prepare ourselves for the COLD that awaits us at home.

Now with a week left we are trying to finish up everything in the library with a hopefully ribbon cutting on the 27th so I am off to work.

Miss everyone and we will see you all soon.

a quick hello

Hey All,
Sorry we have not written in so long but everything is really great and really busy. As a lot of you know Jarrod is doing just fine, he survived Malaria with no problems except 3 days on the couch watching bad movies.

Our plans changed and Dick and Suzi are unable to meet us in Malawi so we are now back in Senga Bay, working hard on the library and wheelchairs. Sam just never seems to slow down.

Barry has left Cool Runnings after 8 weeks and now we have another volunteer with us named Jess, she is an Aussie and here with us in Senga Bay while her boyfriend Pete is working in Lilongwe.

The Library is coming along great, almost ready to open. Jarrod and I have been getting every book categorized into the computer it is a long process and normally by about 12 in the afternoon, the library gets to unbearable temperatures. Therefore, we normally just work until Jarrod starts to drip sweat onto the computer.

Well, with only 3 weeks left in our trip I do not know how many more times we will get to write but we will do our best or you will all just have to invite us over for dinner after we get home so we can talk about our trip.
Much love!