By the end of this week, the Powell family will have been away from Lincoln, NE for one month. We started keeping track of visitors to NTN on Jan. 7; as of the 26th we passed 1000 hits on the blog site, which is an average of 52 hits per day. It has been fun to watch where people are coming from and guess who has been on the blog. Libby, MT is easy, but Athens, OH--we still haven't figured out who you are. It's good to know we are still connected to our friends and family back home.
This past weekend, we traveled to the coast to the town of Walvis Bay. Walvis means 'whale' in Afrikaans, and the area is the recipient of oxygen-rich, food-laden currents coming north along the west coast. Whales visit during certain times of the year. We had the fortune to be on a marine cruise when a large number of Dusky Dolphins showed up (estimated by our skipper at 800-1000). They are small, deep-water dolphins (only 1.5-2 meters in length, compared to 6m for the bottlenose dolphin). We'll try our first video posting here. Kelly is the photographer, capturing some close-ups and some great footage of just a portion of the sea with dolphins popping up everywhere. Just click on the play button on the video below.
More photos of our quick trip to the coast are found on the Picasa link to the left. We enjoyed the trip, which was 4-5 hours from Windhoek (5 hours going, 4 hours returning--because Larkin got used to going 120 km/hr (a little over 70 mph) on a two-lane, narrow road with construction. It reminded us of Hwy 169 between Lamoni and Leon. Walvis Bay is also one of two shipping ports, so the road is used by all large trucks carrying goods to the country. Most local drivers wanted to go about 140-150 km/hr on the hilly roads. So, you can probably imagine why they were happy only 40-some people died on the highway over the holiday season (December) this past year.
Despite the harried road conditions, the scenery was spectacular along the way, as we went from relatively lush and green Windhoek to the eventual completely barren sands of the coastal dunes. The cool winds off the sea caused Kelly to ask if we could just stay the week, or perhaps the year, in Walvis Bay. It is a great place, and we'll be back.
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Larkin, Kelly & Tristan...Hey, the blogs are great!! We feel like we're learning tons about Namibia & its great to keep up with the Powell family adventures.
Also, lots of interest among the congregation. We're looking to put the pictures and blogs on the big screen for Sunday breakfasts.
Take Care, Gib
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