As you saw from Geoff's guest post, we had the opportunity to go on a beautiful hike while he was visiting us. This is a hike we learned about when we lived in Mbale and took about six years ago. So we took Geoff back to Mbale and joined our friend Eric, who is working there, then made our way up Mount Wanale, which can be seen towering above town, on the slopes of Mount Elgon. We were very pleased with ourselves that we managed to find the way up, six years after the last time we made this hike. (It helped that Marissa and I took the wrong path when she visited, allowing me to be confident this time about the correct route...). Here, I am mostly just going to share with you some of the beautiful pictures from the hike.
This is where we got lost:
Just kidding. We didn't get lost. I don't really know exactly what was going on there, but maybe we are looking at plants. Poor Anthony had to put up with lots of agricultural conversations since Eric, Geoff, and I have all been working with farmers and enjoy agriculture. Anthony kept asking, "are we still talking about phosphorus deficiency?"
We had to climb WAY up to the top of that hill you can see in the distance.
There were all sorts of lovely waterfalls along the way.
Once we reached the top, we sat in this little meadow next to the stream to rest.
The view from the top.
Looking out over Mbale and the long trek we had taken. Don't get too close to the edge!
So beautiful!
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