Week 33--February 7-13, 2016
Friday, February 12, we had a Senior Couple outing to Wawa Dam. The dam was built in 1909 to provide for the water needs of Manila but was later abandoned when a new dam was built. Part of our activity was a photo contest with categories for Abstract, Bark, Aerophytes and Epiphytes, Close-up, Gnarly, Environmental Trash, and black and White.
This shows the gorge where the dam is located.
The size of the boulders in the water was amazing. They were the size of cars and houses. We wondered how the clothes hanging to the left in the picture on a bamboo stick were placed there as there is a shear drop off. In the center of the picture is a girl who is placing clothes on the rocks to dry. She came over to the drop off and started climbing like a mountain goat. She would go from hand hold area to hang hold area and scaled the rocks in no time. We soon knew how the clothes were hung there.
The bamboo huts were built on stilts over the shear cliffs. Even though they were very humble homes, they were very clean.
Another picture of the boulders in the water.
The waterfall at the dam. There were young people swimming and playing at the base of the falls. There were rows of huts people could sit in to enjoy the cool water on a hot day. Not sure how a person would get to the huts but the locals would know.
Garnalee taking a short rest along the trail.
We regularly had to step aside to make way for runners who were bringing fresh fruit down from the mountains to the market for sale. The man on the upper left is carrying a load of bananas. The young man on the left, here, is carrying Duran. They had a strap that went around the lower part of the sack. The strap was then placed around their forward. There a pillow between their back and the bag of produce. They were not walking with their but moving at trot.
These men are building a bamboo platform right in the water that will support a floating cottage like the one to the right of them.
Tom stopped for a picture along the trail. All of the homes in this area were made of bamboo.
The walls of the gorge were shear faces. I'm sure rock climbing would be popular here if they were covered with vegetation.
Garnalee stops on the bridge with the canyon behind.
Another picture of the huge boulders in the river.
Bamboo homes built into the cervice of the canyon wall. There are three levels to the home.
Bamboo bridges were constructed at various points along the river so that a person could cross to the various islands in the river. Tom posed for a picture here.
Garnalee posing on the bridge that we both crossed later to go to the island in the background.
On Sunday, February 7, we had the sister missionaries who serve in the La Mesa Ward with us over for dinner. Sister Muller is from Kiribati and Sister De Leon is from Bicol, Philippines. Sister De Leon is a VISA waiter going to the Hawaii Honolulu Mission where her sister just finished serving. Garnalee served lasagna but they especially liked the hot Lava Cake that was made in the slow cooker and served with ice cream.
Monday, February 8, is Kung Hei Fat Choi--Happy New Year in Chinese. Our Family Home Evening was to watch a session from Roots Tech 2016. They had talked about leaving stories for your posterity. We learned through Facebook that Denver was the Super Bowl Champions handily beating the Carolina Panthers 24-10. We didn't see any of the game but were delighted to hear that Denver won. Go Broncos!
Tom has spent days working in the office. Then after dinner and relaxing a little, he spends a couple of hours working on the mission history not going to bed until around 11 PM.
Wednesday for Tom was going to Malolos with Elder Broadhead to sign a contract with a new landlord and helping the Zone Leaders move into a their new apartment. He also went to look at another apartment in the Malolos area for another set of elders and rented it also. President Bertin wants the elders living in the area they are assigned to proselyte so they don't have to spend so much time traveling. Garnalee spent the day in the office by herself working away on various projects including starting one for Tom of listing all the apartments, the landlord for each, the amount of rent paid annually, when the lease was originaally signed, and the start and ending dates for the current leases. She only got about a third of them done. Work for another day.
We celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday night. We had a great dinner of grilled chicken kebobs, grilled blue marlin, chop suey, and rice. Then Cold Stone Creamery for dessert.
This shows the gorge where the dam is located.
The size of the boulders in the water was amazing. They were the size of cars and houses. We wondered how the clothes hanging to the left in the picture on a bamboo stick were placed there as there is a shear drop off. In the center of the picture is a girl who is placing clothes on the rocks to dry. She came over to the drop off and started climbing like a mountain goat. She would go from hand hold area to hang hold area and scaled the rocks in no time. We soon knew how the clothes were hung there.
Garnalee posing on the bridge that we both crossed later to go to the island in the background.
On Sunday, February 7, we had the sister missionaries who serve in the La Mesa Ward with us over for dinner. Sister Muller is from Kiribati and Sister De Leon is from Bicol, Philippines. Sister De Leon is a VISA waiter going to the Hawaii Honolulu Mission where her sister just finished serving. Garnalee served lasagna but they especially liked the hot Lava Cake that was made in the slow cooker and served with ice cream.
Monday, February 8, is Kung Hei Fat Choi--Happy New Year in Chinese. Our Family Home Evening was to watch a session from Roots Tech 2016. They had talked about leaving stories for your posterity. We learned through Facebook that Denver was the Super Bowl Champions handily beating the Carolina Panthers 24-10. We didn't see any of the game but were delighted to hear that Denver won. Go Broncos!
Tom has spent days working in the office. Then after dinner and relaxing a little, he spends a couple of hours working on the mission history not going to bed until around 11 PM.
Wednesday for Tom was going to Malolos with Elder Broadhead to sign a contract with a new landlord and helping the Zone Leaders move into a their new apartment. He also went to look at another apartment in the Malolos area for another set of elders and rented it also. President Bertin wants the elders living in the area they are assigned to proselyte so they don't have to spend so much time traveling. Garnalee spent the day in the office by herself working away on various projects including starting one for Tom of listing all the apartments, the landlord for each, the amount of rent paid annually, when the lease was originaally signed, and the start and ending dates for the current leases. She only got about a third of them done. Work for another day.
We celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday night. We had a great dinner of grilled chicken kebobs, grilled blue marlin, chop suey, and rice. Then Cold Stone Creamery for dessert.
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