For This I Trained....

I have been home a week...

I'm still tired, but last night I went to bed at midnight instead of 2 and slept until 7a.m.

I had the energy to go back to water aerobics this morning.
I had shared with you that I had strengthened my arthritic knees and lost weight for this trip doing this exercise.

Erik was always concerned that I might fall and break something. We laughed and kidded about how difficult it would be having the villagers carry me out, but we both knew that if it happened that is exactly what would happen.
The paths get very wet and slippery after the rain and it rained quite a lot the week I was there. Even when paying close attention it is easy to slip and fall.
A young man in the village made me a walking stick,and I used it constantly. It helped give me the stability that I needed, and it gave the villagers something to talk about. They were quite curious why I needed the stick. .
Because of the rain there was no way to get the truck up the hill so that the day we left Tanna we ended up walking out of the village. It is about a mile down the hill.

"For this exact thing I trained," I told Erik. We laughed, but even with the stick,careful walking, and the training I still fell one time going down the hill.

I can tell you that I was pretty happy to see the truck when we finally arrived.