Saturday, July 29, 2006

ZAMBEZI RIVER THREESOME: VICTORIA FALLS A STONE'S THROW AWAY...


Late June brought us to another memorable occasion--the boat ride on the Zambezi River near the tremendous draft of the water cascading over Victoria Falls. A happy moment captured by our good friends, Ron and Andrea Reese (Ron is a fellow Fulbrighter from San Diego, California, where he teaches math at Patrick Henry High School). The boat was filled with mostly "pensioners", what they call retired folks back home. I have always been of the opinion traveling should be accomplished BEFORE retirement. Being on a bus, train, plane, or boat with a bunch of "blue-hairs" is not my idea of fun. Anyway, the "old folks" that day had too much to drink and the boat was "rocking." Some of the gals were "tipsy" and were flirting with everyone available--I ran.