Sunday August 29, 2010 – Around the house, drinks at the Gorilla Lodge, and the rains have come

Sunday August 29, 2010 – Around the house, drinks at the Gorilla Lodge, and the rains have come


A sleep in day and another catchup day. We do a load of laundry on our own, and I have to say it doesn’t come out nearly as clean as when Leon does it. I finish my histology reports, Sarah gets her nails done again, Elizabeth works her way through another session of Oz. Another two vet students arrive – from Ohio, to be here for two weeks helping with whatever projects they can be involved with. Jan is going to have her hands full keeping everyone in order as well as getting her own stuff done. Late afternoon Mike and James head off on another bike ride and the plan is for us to pick them up after about an hour – and we will all go to Gorilla Lodge for drinks and to admire the sunset. The only problem is the rains, overdue and needed, start and it absolutely pours down on them! So we pick up two very soggy bikes and riders and continue our way to the Lodge – which is a fair bit along a dirt track that skirts the top of a ridge between two deep valleys – with lakes off in two directions. The lodge is spectacular, and it is freezing and cold with the rain pouring down. So much for the views of sunset! But they set a fire for us and we enjoy the wonderful ambience of the place until after darkness falls. The drive back to Musanze in the rain and the dark is not a treat – the roads are filled with people and bicycles and bodas and no one keeps to the side or the correct side. I would definitely not want to do any more night driving here! For our final dinner we go back to the pizza place – where they have no power. But apparently pizzas can still be made, in the wood oven, so we have a candlelit dinner and then head home in the pouring rain, accompanied by thunder and lightening. MGVP has a generator so we can get ready for bed in the comfort of electricity.