Home Again

So we came back from our week away with sleepy eyes and heavy feet. We were pooped! We traveled all around and had a great time, but by Friday we were pretty finished, but we had to work really hard because Friday was 4H National Achievement Day, so we didn't get back to our house until 11:00pm. Thankfully my supervisor drove us up because no taxis run at that time of night. We didn't have the camera so I'm gonna wait to give you the trip details until Shane and Kae send me the pics they took. Instead I give you some of the good stuff from Easter break. Here we are at YS Falls. Thats Shane, Kaelyn and Caitlin. We had a great time and the falls were beautiful. Shane even dared the rope swing, but the rest of us weren't interested in rope burned thighs. Here's Khaled on the Jitney. When you arrive at YS Falls you pay at the door, in a little gift shop area. They you get on a Jitney, a tractor pulled haycart that's been fitted with seats. This reminded me of when my parents used to take us to a Halloween haunted house as kids and you rode in this haywagon through the dark up to the haunted house. All along the route were people with scary chainsaws and witches with long fingers to stick through the bars of the haywagon, eeeee!! Thankfully the YS jitney is not so scary, the biggest hazard is a stray cow in the wagon path. The ride is beautiful as you see the rolling plains of the Santa Cruz valley with Cockpit country as backdrop. We even saw some horses with young foals. Then you arrive at the falls area and you can walk the paths up and around, try out the rope swing or swim in the river fed pool at the bottom. It was great and we got to hang out with a family of rastas in the river. The women were wearing full length sarongs and kirchiefs around their hair. Interesting. On Easter Monday we went to St. Alban's First Mr. and Miss. St. Alban's Talent Contest and Fair. We took the girls along, after waiting forever for them to get ready. The fair was fun, although I was hoping they'd have some rides or a bounce-about. The talent contest was funny and fun, although the youth next door were trying to gear up for a session, so it was really hard to hear anything. The contestants were all kids under 16 and the loud music was distressing to a number of their performances. But they did carry through and the crowd was impressed and behind them. Here is Cassenique (who would NOT enter the contest) showing off her talent of staying photogenic when surprised by a camera. Till we get more photos...
-Caitlin & Khaled