Saturday in
Palmy was Art on Edge with street performances, demonstrations, exhibits, and
workshops. For two hours I was entertained by many music groups, readings, art
exhibits, and a drawing class. One of the fun surprises was a Latin American
band, Canta Conmigo, and they were quite good- a nice touch of my Texas home. (We
seem to have a lot of homes these days.) The group that I sing with, the
Manawatu Community Choir also performed, which was a lot of fun. It was a
pleasant autumn afternoon, and an enjoyable low key couple of hours.
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| A barbershop group that is very good. |
Saturday
night we visited with a couple from Albuqueque who have been in Palmy for a few
weeks, both doing locums here for six months. We had a great time and were
reminded of the difficulties we had when we first arrived. After seven months
we feel quite comfortable here and are already anticipating the challenge of
the transition back to the states.
Sunday
morning we joined about 1500 walkers on the Lion’s sponsored gorge walk. This
walk was on the railroad tracks that go through the Manawatu Gorge. Because of
the huge slip and the work not yet completed, we have seen only parts of the
gorge and the highway that cuts through it. A bus took us on an alternate path to
get to the other side of the gorge, and then we walked along the rocky railroad
track for about 8 km back to the car. Once again we were happy to have our
sturdy walking shoes, some warm clothes and our torches as we went through two
long, black tunnels.
Jim worked
about six hours on Saturday and was able to put a dent in the backlog of over
one thousand ultrasound cases. I know-YIKES!
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| Notice the windmills from Te Apiti Wind Farm |
There is still a lot of work to be done on this slip which occurred in August 2011. Can you imagine taking this long to fix a major state highway in the states?
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