Life is A Jam

"...Yes, and life and song have endless variations
So we embrace the possibilities
The groove is what we all create together..."

Some highlights from last month's happenings here in the motherland include environment training, an all-volunteer conference, and a little bit of fun.  

During training we visited a local demonstration farm, Gambia Is Good (GIG), and discussed composting, microgardening, biodigesters, biochar, and other related topics.

Biochar!

Solar oven...i'm hoping to construct one soon!

It's cashew season in The Gambia.  Unfortunately, I can no longer enjoy them as I've come to find out that I'm allergic :(

Ladies taco night/Katie's B'day celebration...there was beer-marinated ground beef involved...and cheese.  This made me very happy.

The B'day girl...25...hmmm, that makes me feel sorta old.

It was nice spending time with everyone while we were all gathered for training and all-vol.  Got in a little beach time, thrift shopping, and also visited a nearby National Park, the Abuko Nature Reserve.  

It was really neat seeing the hyenas.  They are so much larger than I had imagined...one came within a couple of feet of us (separated by a fence).  Their ability to eat and digest an entire carcass, bones and all, is unsettling knowledge when you are close enough to hear their breathing.  Yikes!

Monkeys everywhere!

But you really shouldn't make eye contact with them, because they get mad.  

Enough said!