Bone cave hike!

With our MVNU friends and some of the newer missionaries here on station, 21 of headed out at 11am, Sunday for a hike. This is us in the back of the flat bed truck, ready for our journey.
It was a slow start. When we got to the drop off the car point, a church, they were just starting the sermon. Quickly, someone went to go get our guides and they arrived about 45 minutes later. Then we were waiting for a guy who went back into the church service because he said he would watch the car. After about 1 1/2 hours, we got started.

What a fun hike! There was a narrow, shaded trail and a few river crossings, amazing trees and flowers, and beautiful mountains. About 40 nationals decided to go with us, so we were around 60 people traversing the terrain. Needless to say, it was a leisurely walk, because every little bridge and hard crossing, we all had to stop and wait.

After about 1 1/2 hours of hiking, we got off of the nice trail and into a trail that was about 2 inches of mud. The above picture is a very steep hill where we were all stopped for a bit while we took part in a very cultural experience.

I had convinced Scott to go along with us to the trip. I had a great time and Scott said he enjoyed being with me. We all got back to the station about 5:30 pm.