My 20th BIRTHDAY
Never in my life have I been up at 5:30 am or would have thought I would on my birthday but I did and it was so worth it! I got ready, had a nice breakfast, and then went to the lodge to get our guides for our Gorilla Trek. Today we had not such a bad drive like last time and then we were told it would be not a super long trek but not short either. So we walked through the village and farms to the stonewall climbed it and it was this beautiful bamboo jungle and we all thought it was so great and pretty. Then they said we are going down. Well we went down a side of the mountain, it was slippery, wet dirt and rocks we held on to vines and slipped a lot. Then when we got down and we were told a little more a little more well we were not walking for most of it on solid ground we were on vines, roots, rocks, logs, going over hills, staying to sides, not falling in holes, it was an adventure to say the least. Then 3 hours later we were finally close to them and it was a great gorilla family. One silver back, 5 moms, 5 babies. And they just sat and posed and so we took lots of pictures with them behind us! (Grammy and Papa I think I got your Christmas card picture!) Then after one hour with them it was time to leave. So we went a little ways, had a snack and began the trek back and 2 hours later we were at the van. We went back to the hotel had lunch, tried to take a shower but the water pressure was not good at all so I got most of the dirt off! Then Wayne and I played more cards and we tied 5/5 and he got mad and stopped playing (he is not use to losing) then I spend some time with Ethan and we skyped with mom, Manny, and the baby boy! Jackjack was at school L. Then we had dinner and after they turned the lights off and the whole staff came in carry a torch and banging pans, trays, and bottles, and going around the room singing then I blew out my candles and they sang Happy Birthday in their native language for me. And the cake was really good I guess African cakes normally are not very good! Then the adults went to bed and Dax (for a little bit) Nico, Robbie, and Perry and I played cards till 1 AM it was a really good and fun birthday!
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