Paul, Katrina (with Luka), Miriam (with Ben), Andrew
(note my inexperienced right hand holding the camera remote)
This past weekend we went camping with our friends, the Wingfields at Msosa, where Richard Phillips is developing a new campsite on the border of Udzungwa Mountains National Park. We spent our days relaxing by the river, hiking, and swimming.
Excitement included:
- baboons
- vervet monkeys
- bushbuck
- waterbuck
- hippo-like sounds in the night
On Saturday night, Katrina was reading in the tent around 11 pm, when she shook me awake. "Paul, what's that?!" The ground shook subtly, and we heard the sound of a muffled freight train growing louder. The ground started shaking again more noticeably, and then the noise and movement faded away. EARTHQUAKE! I thought it was amazingly cool, while Katrina was slightly less enthused, remembering earthquakes in Taiwan which toppled buildings, freeways, and killed people. Thankfully, we were in the middle of a riverine thicket in Tanzania bush country with nothing to fall on us...that, and the quake was so minor that our friends slept through it.
Add that to the Christmas newsletter, Mom!
1 comment:
Cool! Dad and I experienced an earthquake at Houghton's homecoming 03(?)... just heard the furniture squeaking, then found the epicenter was in the Adirondaks. Too bad the newsletter was printed yesterday. :-/
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