Getting a little behind

Sunday, March 21, 2010

There has been a delay in my blogging. It was time to feed the CSU students, I caught a cold, I was asked to speak in church and I had to teach a Sunday school lesson to 6 year olds.

We feed about 20 people on Monday. The hamburgers were a hit and I even found American Ketchup. Here they have what is called, “Tomato Sauce.” It is kind of like ketchup and I really like it. But the CSU students seemed to be missing American food. Since it is fall here, corn-on-the-cob is in the stores and I even set out two chunks of real butter to roll it in. It was a nice time hearing what everyone has been doing. Several of the students had gone over to the west coast to the “bug fest.” I don’t know what it is called, but they cook a lot of unusual things and everyone eats it. It seems gross to me but I guess about 20,000 people show up. Most of the students camped out on the beaches. I overheard one of the girls say she didn’t shower all weekend. When I asked why, she said the lines for the showers were really long. “Gosh, wish I could have gone.” NOT!!!

Saturday March 13, 2010, Jack and I attempted to find Lake Coleridge. It is a beautiful lake and we took pictures when we finally found it. The maps weren’t exactly accurate and there aren’t many ways to get there. Meanwhile, as we are driving, we came across the Rakaia Gorge which was stunning. I took a movie. I will see if I can upload it to the blog. Apparently it is a great fishing spot. We are trying to get a few students to go there and try it out for us. Again, you are driving on two lane highways, which for the most part aren’t bad. There isn’t much traffic which saves the day. The bridges become a bit dicey. Usually they are only one lane. So who goes first? There is a rule and eventually you figure it out. One side of the bridge is marked with a line across the road before the entrance of the bridge. That is the side that yields to the other side. Sometimes it is well marked, sometimes it is not.

Yesterday there was a Relief Society (Women’s) meeting at the church in the morning. Jack came about noon to pick me up and we went to the Wilderness Exhibit north of Christchurch. It was a path through nature with a lot of animals. It kind of reminded us of Willow Park in Logan, Utah, but we did see a Kiwi (the bird, not the fruit). Kiwis are nocturnal so seeing one in the wild doesn’t happen very often. I’m not sure I need to go back again, but it was a beautiful day to wander through woods. Jack and I really enjoyed ourselves.

I will try to do better about keeping up with the blog.