Scooby!

There isn't too much to report on. Life in the village has been pretty good. We've had fun walking around and getting to meet the locals.

Joyce made us guacamole last night and it was just as good as when we made it a few nights ago. mmm.....

We are in Nyahururu checking email after just hiking Thompson Falls. The waterfall was beautiful, but our flat-lander legs combined with the fact that we were at 7,800 ft, made the climb a bit slow. Lonely planet promised that we would see dozens of baboons while hiking. This was not the case. The only baboons we have seen were on the side of the road so far.

The other night the girls from Nebraska were awoken by Scooby (Issac's gaurd dog) growling at something in the night. We were a little spooked, and when we went to the bathroom an hour later, we took the "elephant stick." Turns out that there were elephants in the area that evening. About an hour later Jill was startled by Kristal yelling out, "Who is it!" About an hour later Kristal started calling out for Scooby in her sleep. I must have been dreaming it too, because then I started yelling for Scooby. I don't remember this at all and Jill was not in the least bit amused because she had not been sleeping with all the commotion. After a while Kristal did some more talking and Jill decided it was a good time to wake her up. Poor Jill did not get any sleep that night. I think it was the best night of sleep so far in the village as I did not need a nap later that day. Scooby is a really great gaurd dog, but doesn't fare so well on or walks. If we don't hold him back, he tries to attack motor bikes and mutatus. He doesn't make the best decisions.

On monday we will leave for Lake Naivasha where we will spend 2 nights relaxing and checking out Hell's Gate. I'm looking forward to the bikes we get to ride while we are there. We will be joined by yet another of Austin and Sarah's friends from the PC in Malawi. His name is Ross and it turns out that we went to Junior High together.

The weather here is still amazing and people are getting excited for the holidays that are coming up. It doesn't really feel like Christmas to me, but I am excited to pull out the Santa hats and reindeer antlers for our safari.