After breakfast today we went into Canefield and Roseau, which seem to mesh together, to exchange some cash at the bank. During our wait, we saw some of the Texas A&M girls with new sandals made in town. We had to find this place. On the way, we found a place that sells nutmeg and cinnamon. Do you all want some? Then we walked into the shoemaker’s shop, they traced our feet and drew the design we wanted based on other shoes in the store. I chose a flip-flop design truly unique to anything I’ve seen before for EC-$100, which is US-$27. At several points throughout the day we stopped by some hardware stores to look for a nice cutlass. I have been comparing prices and quality, but we still have to check by two more stores.
Our adventure hike today was to Middleham Falls. The path was part dirt/log stairs, part slippery rocks, and part adventurous tree roots. I tried my best to keep up with Prof. Hains and did pretty well. A few days ago I was called a 19 year-old baby goat. In that case Prof. Hains is a very experienced goat and Diane is a shepherd, usually travelling in the middle of all of us and she carried a stick today. I didn’t take very many pictures today; it was too wet to get my camera out in most cases. I did, however, manage to get a picture of a small, green-spotted snake that Prof. Hains caught on the trail. It let off a musky scent on his hands but never attempted to bite. It wasn’t raining on us, but it rained last night so there was more water in the streams that we crossed over last night and such. Once we got to Middleham Falls, there was a lot of spray coming off onto the viewing platform. The current looked pretty rough, but Prof. Hains went down and swam across the pool at the bottom of the waterfall anyway. Once on the trail Prof. Hains told us that he was going to take his time and for us to go ahead. Our ideas for his decision were that he needed to recuperate, wanted to get algae samples from the streams, or wanted to get us ready to hike without him to Boiling Lake. After we had lunch at a pavilion about halfway back on the trail, Prof. Hains left us in the dust. Still, we stayed in pairs until the end.
We intended on hiking around Freshwater Lake, but it was far too cloudy. Although we would be able to see where we needed to, it would be a very wet and uncomfortable hike. Instead, we went over to Trafalgar Falls where geothermal rocks help create hot springs. Many hot pools poured into each other, getting slightly cooler as they went further down. They were all too hot for me after the short hike down to them. Instead, I found the perfect spot where water from down from one of the water falls met with the hot water, and I sat on a rock where one leg was warm and the other cool, mixing the water around me to cool down or warm up. Roger sat close by in the cool water, while the others sat in one of the higher hot pools.
Afterwards we went to another shop to look for a decent cutlass. I should also note that all of the kids are still in school; each school has its own color for uniforms. We rode through a district with at least three schools all there together with the botanical garden. Later this week we will recieve a walking lecture in the botanical gardens with a guest speaker. Then we went back to Springfield for an hour or so to work on journals and then trekked down to the mouth of the Checkhall river to try for a second time to see the “Green Flash”. It occurs as the setting sun hits the seascape horizon, but it can only be seen on a clear evening. Even though there was a thin cloud just above the horizon, we continued in hopes that the sun would go below it. Indeed, the sun did go below that cloud with room to spare before the sea, but there was a haze partially from ashes of a fire on the mountain above.
There is a mountain directly in our view from our porch with one lone tree at the top, stuck in a windblown position from harsh hurricanes. We have concluded that its prop roots which branch out several feet above the ground surface must help keep it steady. Somehow amongst hurricanes and fires it has prospered. The only major plant-life that has joined this tree is lemongrass. But today an individual set fire to this lemongrass, as they do periodically (though not with the forestry division). I cannot see any glow on the mountain as I write this evening, so the fire must have been contained to the lower part of the opposite side.
Our adventure hike today was to Middleham Falls. The path was part dirt/log stairs, part slippery rocks, and part adventurous tree roots. I tried my best to keep up with Prof. Hains and did pretty well. A few days ago I was called a 19 year-old baby goat. In that case Prof. Hains is a very experienced goat and Diane is a shepherd, usually travelling in the middle of all of us and she carried a stick today. I didn’t take very many pictures today; it was too wet to get my camera out in most cases. I did, however, manage to get a picture of a small, green-spotted snake that Prof. Hains caught on the trail. It let off a musky scent on his hands but never attempted to bite. It wasn’t raining on us, but it rained last night so there was more water in the streams that we crossed over last night and such. Once we got to Middleham Falls, there was a lot of spray coming off onto the viewing platform. The current looked pretty rough, but Prof. Hains went down and swam across the pool at the bottom of the waterfall anyway. Once on the trail Prof. Hains told us that he was going to take his time and for us to go ahead. Our ideas for his decision were that he needed to recuperate, wanted to get algae samples from the streams, or wanted to get us ready to hike without him to Boiling Lake. After we had lunch at a pavilion about halfway back on the trail, Prof. Hains left us in the dust. Still, we stayed in pairs until the end.
We intended on hiking around Freshwater Lake, but it was far too cloudy. Although we would be able to see where we needed to, it would be a very wet and uncomfortable hike. Instead, we went over to Trafalgar Falls where geothermal rocks help create hot springs. Many hot pools poured into each other, getting slightly cooler as they went further down. They were all too hot for me after the short hike down to them. Instead, I found the perfect spot where water from down from one of the water falls met with the hot water, and I sat on a rock where one leg was warm and the other cool, mixing the water around me to cool down or warm up. Roger sat close by in the cool water, while the others sat in one of the higher hot pools.
Afterwards we went to another shop to look for a decent cutlass. I should also note that all of the kids are still in school; each school has its own color for uniforms. We rode through a district with at least three schools all there together with the botanical garden. Later this week we will recieve a walking lecture in the botanical gardens with a guest speaker. Then we went back to Springfield for an hour or so to work on journals and then trekked down to the mouth of the Checkhall river to try for a second time to see the “Green Flash”. It occurs as the setting sun hits the seascape horizon, but it can only be seen on a clear evening. Even though there was a thin cloud just above the horizon, we continued in hopes that the sun would go below it. Indeed, the sun did go below that cloud with room to spare before the sea, but there was a haze partially from ashes of a fire on the mountain above.
There is a mountain directly in our view from our porch with one lone tree at the top, stuck in a windblown position from harsh hurricanes. We have concluded that its prop roots which branch out several feet above the ground surface must help keep it steady. Somehow amongst hurricanes and fires it has prospered. The only major plant-life that has joined this tree is lemongrass. But today an individual set fire to this lemongrass, as they do periodically (though not with the forestry division). I cannot see any glow on the mountain as I write this evening, so the fire must have been contained to the lower part of the opposite side.
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