Most of the weekend was spent chilling out and sorting things ready for the start of traveling next week. I did manage to get to the pool and sit in the sun for a while on Saturday. The apartment complex has a nice little pool on site and on Saturday morning I had it all to myself. :-)
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| My apartment pool |
On Sunday I went for a picnic organized by someone in the department. It was nice and the food was good, though I forgot to take any photos. It was fun watching people on the tightrope someone had set up. I decided not to have a go. Firstly because my legs are broken after my workout on Friday, and secondly, I didn't want to break anything! It did not look easy.
Yesterday was Memorial day here so I finally got a day off. So I tagged along with my friend Steve and his daughter to the zoo at the Natural Bridge. We had a great time and the weather was beautiful.
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| White Bengal tiger |
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| Goats. |
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| Kids! |
We also brought a bag of feed and fed any animal we could find!
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| Feeding the goats ... |
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| ... And the Donkey ... |
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| ... And the camels |
But my favorite was the giraffe! He/she was so sweet and gentle.
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| So sweet |
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| Feeding the giraffe |
After lunch in Lynchburg and an ice-cream (as we accidentally found a cafe next to an ice-cream shop!), and a bit of a detour (the map was rubbish), we ended up at Boxwood nature reserve which was a great kids section (and made me wish I was 5 again!).
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| Tree house. |
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| Making mud pies. |
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| Radnom skull |
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| Queen of the castle |
The only slightly odd thing was there were lots of bones and skulls lying around, which was a little sinister. But made for some good photos.
It was a lovely day and we stopped at a country food store on the war back, where, if I was around for a while, I would have spend so much money!
On the evening I chilled out with a glass of wine, Skyped friends, and wrote a list of things to pack. :-)
