OK, for those of you who don’t know me, I am not very adventurous. I don’t do zip lines, bungee jumps, or roller coasters. I don’t like to ride in the car when the road in not level. I definitely don’t like to do very short and steep hills into and then out of a creek!!!!!!!
We never drive to Isanga Bay because the road was so so very bad. The wear and tear on your vehicle isn’t even worth it. Last November (I’m guessing) the chief drove up to the Isanga Bay Lodge to say the road is fixed. Last Christmas Schaefer’s did drive the road, but one bridge was out. Lynn was quite glad that I (Rita) didn’t come. She is right I probably wouldn’t have made it. She had walked across and then couldn’t even watch Grant as he drove across.
At the end of May, the manager of the Lodge called Lynn to tell here three land cruisers with trailers are parked here. They made it on the road. Well, if they can make it with trailers, than surely we can go with out a trailer. So plans were made to visit the Schaefer’s while they were taking care of the Lodge. In the mean time Steve decided he is just too busy to go. He has two classes to prepare for for the August Bible School in Kasama. One is on a subject he hasn’t taught before and so he has reading to do. So that means I, Rita will be doing the driving!! I did the driving and survived. I actually think it was better for me because I was driving and in control.
Tobias and Joel rode their bikes on that Thursday. I drove our vehicle on Friday with Heather, Lane, Seth, Hope, Charlie, Olivia, and Luke. Plus our bags and the supplies that Grant had gotten for the lodge when he was in Kasama on Thursday. We had stuff tied down on top and the inside was full. So here are a few pictures of our trip.
While driving you felt like you were on top of the world. Mbala is at 5300 feet. I wish I knew how high we were at this point.
Still up on top of the world. Lake Tanganyika is in view. Since it is the dry season it is hazy, mainly because of fires burning and dust.
The plank bridge that is no longer there.
Creek that we had to drive through. The sides are over 6 feet tall.
Picture from down in the creek. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, when I got home and saw the pictures, my thoughts were – “That don’t look so bad.” So if you want to see how bad it really looks, you need to come visit us and we will take a little drive. Come after the next rainy season and it will be worse. It took us 2 1/2 hours to drive 49 K. More pictures coming in the next blog, as our internet can’t handle lots of pictures.
God bless, Rita for the gang.
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