Grandma didn't sleep a wink!

Tuesday, August 23
Our nearly final day. From among the multiple choices of safaris, mountain biking, bungee jumping, rapid shooting, and kayaking, we settled on a “family float trip” down the Nile-- for the “not so adventurous or maybe not so tall.” We knew it would be serious when after donning our life jackets over GM- Martha's turtle shell, we were placed on a raft-- no seats, no seatbelts and were told to hang on. Our guide made sure that the rapids were not as rapid as we feared-- as a result we only lost one, well maybe two people. The guide did several back flips off of the raft, and Sarah could not resist the temptation to have one more swim down the Nile-- Shistosomiasis here we come! The entire episode was scary or maybe fun enough to keep GM- Martha awake the whole time. She was even more awake when climbing 6 flights of steps afterward. At least it was not rainy as previously on Bunyoni. This was followed by a long lunch (who knew it took 30 min. to prepare a B.L.A.T. – A for Avocado?) and a drive to the source of the Nile. Another several flights of stairs led us to the point were Speke “discovered” the Nile's source. This was not far, however, from where GP- Ronald and Sarah had discovered Nile beer. The climb up necessitated pushing and pulling GM- Martha through a crowd of vendors, whom she tempted by gazing longingly at their goods. Rest in the afternoon and a nice fish dinner(without bones!!) in the evening made us feel like staying a bit longer!