Down time

We finally got the heck out of Dodge this weekend, our first sojourn into travelling as it were. We headed south to the northwestern area of South Africa to Groot Marico a small town very reminiscent of Mosier, or Boulder Creek 20y ago, or Hood River 30y ago; small and very quaint with several art studios, a restaurant that is open on the weekends only and such. We spent the night at a “guest house” (read B%B) of which there are numerous about the area. It was all of 200km from home and was a delightful time away. We had a room away from the main home, spent time communing on a beautiful river, and started today with a great breakfast.

We had heard about the source of the river being a huge spring about 30km from where we were so this mornig took off on back roads (unpaved) through some terrain very much like the high desert from Prineville east. There were farms, ranches and lots of stratigraphy much like KY. The source of the Marico River, it turns out, is on a farm at the top of a ridge and is a huge, deep spring about 30m across and about 40-60m deep (http://www.dive4life.co.za/marico-oog). Then out to the west to return to Gabs via Lobatse so Lynne could see one of the sites I visit. And now home to some down time before we start the week again. Loved it!

The ward has been quiet and the cases are rather routine, not to say they aren’t challenging, I seem to have hit cruising altitude and have a better handle on the pathology.

It was fun to hit the road as a couple and explore. Lynne was fantastic, course I knew she would be, and that made the adventure even more of one. I chatted with some of my CGFM buddies and caught up on the stuff. I honestly miss the personalities, Hood River, the efficiencies of the US, just not the medicine. I/we are where we’re supposed to be for the time being and that makes us truly fortunate.