Vern and Leighton

Egg rolls! Like a flash, they disappeared. I guess Vern, Leighton, and Ceri were starving! After supper, they drove towards their site. They drove as far as they could go and then they had to get out and carry themselves along with all their gear the rest of the way. As soon as they climbed out of the car, Vern started chasing the chicken birds that were running loose. She finally caught one and held it proudly while Ceri took pictures. After letting the poor bird go free, she put hand sanitizer on because “the chicken bird was disgusting.” Haha!

Then they started hiking. They hiked across a swinging bridge and past some pineapple plants. Vern wanted to know how long it took for a pineapple to ripen. But no one knew the answer. They hiked through the woods, through a little gate, across a soccer field, and up a big rocky hill, until they finally reached the church. (By the way, several days ago, Vern was stung by a jellyfish. That night, she couldn't walk to her site soLeighton had to carry her across the swinging bridge and up and down rocky hills all the way to their site. You can see why this hike is a piece of cake now that Vern can walk on her own two feet…)

After arriving at their site, Vern started hunting for geckos. She searched under tables, along the walls, and behind anything that looked like a good gecko hiding place. Then they went outside and talked and watched the sunset until it was time to head in for the meeting. Leighton gave a wonderful health talk on teeth which was very fitting as his dad is a dentist. Vern delivered a well prepared for sermon. She was full of enthusiasm and did a superb job. They got to walk back in the dark which was, as Ceri put it, “pretty interesting!” Back at the car, something very predictable happened. Vern caught a rhinoceros beetle and held him the whole ride back in the car. Ceri and Leighton couldn’t get bored even if they wanted to!