Time to shop...for groceries for the next two months. Plus we have a bunch of administrative stuff to deal with like turning books back in to the school, taxes, flight physicals, and so on.
So far so good...knocked out several of the minor things already, and we have company for the road back up the first week of June, and a ride back for me to get the airplane.
Not much exciting to put in the post today, we're just dealing with the niff naff and trivia of life.
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Nice to hear some news! (Although I see I haven't checked for some time either.) I agree, rural Kenya is lots nicer than Nairobi.
Forgive me, though, I don't think it's a great idea to let Hunter think it's fun to chase livestock. You might not have her much longer; if I were a farmer whose goats were injured, I'd be looking for a way to get rid of the dog, not control my goats.
It would be fun to see Susan, who won the prize for the Quietest Girl in high school, put her foot down. :-)
Lots of love.
The thing about the goats is that every time I have to abandon a landing and go around to land again it costs about $15, about 1/3 of a goat. If one runs out on the runway in front of the plane and I hit it, we lose the goat, and potentially do about $20,000 damage to the plane (engine tear down and propeller overhaul after sudden stoppage), which is about 400 goats worth, not to mention the cost of the down time when the plane is not available...and on average the Gatab plane saves about 2 lives per month by doing medevacs.
So...I don't much care that if a farmer gets upset. They've been told and told and told to keep their animals off the runway.
Absolutely, I agree about the relative value of goats and runways and planes. I'm concerned about the safety of your dog if she's learned that chasing livestock is fun.
Me too, but unfortunately the only thing that seems to get through to the local folks is a bigger stick, in cases like this. As for Hunter, we do keep her leashed, except in the yard and on the airstrip.
What on earth do you do when there are lions or something on the runway??
Anyway, interesting story! You should write a short story or something about it. Oh, and did you end up flying to Nolpilipili?
Haven't seen lions on the runway yet. I've had to chase camels off of runways though. And have seen elephants near a runway.
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