River trip

Yesterday I had a most fabulous experience!  One of the first moments in my trip that has felt like a vacation rather than some sort of odd working internship adventure.  Sundays are “rest days” here on the farm (though a good portion of the chores still have to be done, like milking the cow, watering, and feeding various animals.  We just don’t work on any of the projects that are underway) and so people get to go out on adventures.  Today a group of 7 of us (plus the toddler) went on a 30 minute or so walk to a place where two different rivers converge.  One of them flows through open fields much of its course, and so is fairly warm, and the other comes out from the jungle, and so is about 10 degrees colder.  Where they meet is fairly deep, and the water swirls cold one second, and warm the next…. It is so awesome.  There are big rocks to lie on, and a rocky beach, and the walk there is gorgeous in and of itself.  It was so much fun!  Swimming, and sitting in the fast current letting the water rush over me, talking with the people who came with and basking in the sun.  On the way back, we noticed some orange trees in one of the fields we were walking through and stopped to pick them.  It was fun to watch human determination in progress, as we leapt, and picked each other up etc in order to get the oranges we decided we wanted.  Upon actually breaking one open, we discovered it to be more sour than most lemons, but we think it will be good for making “orange-ade” and for making cheese. J  On the whole, a really wonderful way to spend the late morning and early afternoon.  I know today will be one of the memories I hold on to when I come back home.

Hope to post pictures from the trip sooon.