Manly AGAIN!

Hello faithful readers!
We went to the Manly area again today to do some hiking. Ruth Ann and I donned our hikin' clothes and adventurin' hats. Due to a low pressure system over the Tasman Sea, the surf at the Sydney beaches were supposed to be between 4 and 7 meters high! Before our hike, we went to the beach to see what was going on. To our disappointment the waves didn't seem that high but they were very violent and we saw numerous surfers wipe out. Everybody else had the bright idea to go see how high the waves were so when we left the beach to go on the bush walk, we were away from the crowds. The trail we went on started out being paved but then moved into the Sydney Harbour National Park-a bushy area with several fantastic views of the Pacific:





We hiked about 8 miles total and treated ourselves to gelatto. When we were trying to leave, the waves stymied us. The ferries could sail just fine, but they couldn't dock at the wharf securely enough to let passengers on! So, they had a few buses to crowd the people on and drive them back to Circular Quay.

Our lovely neighborhood ant colony decided to pay us a friendly visit this morning. Last night I had a mug of juice and left it by the sink. There were a few drops left in it and the ants took that as the go ahead to swarm all over our counters. Luckily we had a bottle of windex near by and I had fun spraying them. We also bought some sweet gooey jell that ants can't resist and poisons them a few days later after they have spread it around to other ants. Here is a picture of them not resisting the jell and drowning in it!



Both Ruth Ann and I have started a new job(in addition to the library): working box office and back stage for the concerts at the Con. Ruth Ann is now a backstage manager and gets to yell at students who are slow to get on the stage. In the box office, I get to smile at people, tell them where the bathrooms, are and sell them tickets. We were both trained Friday night and then Saturday afternoon, we were there with nobody else! BUT, we pulled through ok! Tomorrow, we have interviews for the jobs we already have been given.

~Mike