So today I thought I would try to give you an idea of the
roads here. Before we came here we searched for pictures, studied google maps,
and determined we would be best off just walking everywhere and not buying a
car. The island is only 5 square miles. That means that the width of the island
is only about 2.5 miles. The roads were windy (as in curvy), but it showed that
from the place we are staying, it would only take 20 minutes to walk to Matthews
school, and 30 minutes to walk to all the shops and restaurants.
These pictures are clearly not mine, but I’m including them
to show you the type of pictures we looked at.
I decided in order for
me to get around, it would be ideal to have a stroller that fit all the kids,
and room to hold groceries.
So we got a stroller!
Then we got to Saba….
The roads are very narrow and very steep. We tried to take
some pictures to give you an idea of how steep. So we went on a walk. This is on the road from
our house, leading up to the main road. This is the road we “hike” up to hitch-hike
a ride to the store.
Here the kids were resting. This is not a steep part.
This part (below) is a little steeper…. The are not really tipped.
See, if I were to turn my camera to be *almost* level with
the road… look how “tipped” they seem to be!
Look at how leaned forward we are!
Again, if I were to make the camera level with the road...
The roads are also quite narrow.... and our stroller is the size of a car here.
So needless to say, our stroller is sitting unused under a bed. Haha
There is always something fun to see! On our walk to we took some time saying hello to a Tortoise!
Every day I love here more and more. The weather really is something fantastic. Not too hot, not to humid. Never cold, always a nice breeze. I'm getting to know people more too. This last Sunday was quite pleasant. We were more organized, our records came in, and we set it up in a manner to welcome anyone who wants to join us!
We also went on a Sunday walk, and the kids found a caterpillar!
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