Thursday, May 10, 2007
Our Two Day Holiday
Located down by Cape Coast is the little town of Elimina where we went when Wayne was here last June. On the other side of the little town is a resort known as Coconut Grove - so before this large group of 35 descended on us, we decided we would take the one sister who was going to the Cape Coast Mission down in our car and stay for a couple of nights just to unwind and listen to the waves. So after a slow trip (each town is posted at 50 KM/hour and last trip I got in trouble at a traffic check for going too fast, so I was very careful to stay within the speed limit all the way - needless to say we saw a lot of tail lights in this trip. This first picture is taken in front of a "blooming bush" - I don't know its name, I'm not particularly in love with it, but Mom (Sister Nielson) figured we'd better prove with some evidence that I am still alive because I don't write many letters - so you all can see I am still alive and really quite happy standing in front of this "blooming bush".
This is the main centre of the resort - in the picture you can see the swimming pool, the dining area , a couple of the eating shelters (or drinking shelters) and the number of coconut trees they have. Each morning there are several coconuts sitting under the trees - I'm not sure their insurance covers getting hit on the head with one - definitely a possibility. The rooms are scattered around the central area in little bungalow type cabins. We didn't eat any regular meals here, we had brought a few it items to nibble on - they provided a satisfactory buffet breakfast and the one night we drove down to Takoradi with President and Sister Dill of the Cape Coast mission to eat at Captain Hooks - we both had steaks and they were quite nice. It is about an hour drive both ways, but an interesting city - several of our churches are there - the work is going very well. Stake and wards - not branches and districts
The reason we chose this resort is that there is a lovely beach - which runs for miles down the ocean and we wanted to walk up and down. First evening we walked down by the native village and back, but declined to return the next day - the natives use the beach to relieve themselves and we had to watch carefully where we stepped - after listening to Dr. Merrill and Dr. Thueson talk about unsanitary beaches and all the things you can catch, we kept our walks to the beach in front of the resort - the breakers and waves were wonderful and I think we achieved our purpose in getting away.
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