One other thing

I forgot to mention that at about 0100 I awoke to a calm between the storms. Lynne stirred and we went outside into the night to see what I really love about the African bush; the night sky. 

I remember marvelling at the Milky Way in the Sierras when I was a scout on a fifty miler or at Philmont in NM. But I appreciate them so much more now. The night sky was just  loaded, nothing recognizable as it was early in the am and in the southern hemisphere but the Milky Way was about 30 degrees of arc across the night sky, extending horizon to horizon. Incredible.

Today I'm sick with a fever and fatigue, perhaps a hangover from the weekend's adventure 

Oh, Beth got a job! She starts as an ED nurse at SW Washington Medical Center in Vancouver. She will be fantastic and they won't have any idea what hit 'em. So proud of the outlaws and inlaws in the fam. 

Go Oregon Masters!!!!