Now is a great moment, for the first time in over a month, you are reading a real time blog, not transcriptions from my notebook yay! Let's hope I can keep up.
Yesterday, Jess, Faith, and I joined a bunch of Faith's friends for trek into the nearby Cathu National Forest. We were told it would be a 30 minute drive, but in reality, it was more like three hours. 30 minutes to the park, then a couple of hours 4wd trip through the bumpy, unmaintained roads of the park. The roads climbed a forested mountain. Thankfully, the vehicles were sound, so we did not have too much trouble with our journey. Our group was well prepared for this type of excursion. At some point, part of bridge had washed away. For most, this is a sign saying turn back, the going is too tough. Turns out, not even a missing bridge is enough to stop hardcore Aussies. From the back of the truck, Mick (how Aussie is that) pulled out a chainsaw and started chopping up fallen trees to make a log bridge. 45 minutes later, we moved past that seeming impassable obstacle and continued up the mountain.
The view from the top was well worth the trouble. There was a wonderful waterfall overlooking the valley and ocean below. We stopped and had lunch, then walked upstream to swim in a nearby pool. The water was cold, clear and wonderful, just the thing I needed on such a hot day. That's right, we had another day of sun! The god(s) have been good to us, providing sunshine on the few days when we had excursions planned.
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