Our First Host

So after a couple days staying at a backpackers hostel John and I booked a bus ride up to Degarra to stay with Brad Gould, our first host. The bus we took was totally off road capable which was great because on the road north through the rain forest we drove through three large streams and some really rocky terrain, nothing like Septa in Philly. Within the first couple of hours Brad took us out on one of his boats where we saw a six foot female Croc and also picked up a couple of crabs from some pots he had set out earlier. We then came back and did a couple of light chores around his house, which reminds me of my Aunt Martha and Uncle Robert’s place in San Diego. He lives on a ten-acre plot that runs right up to the shore of the Bloomfield River right near the mouth of the Pacific Ocean. On his property he has a variety of exotic fruit trees, three rope swings, an outside compostable toilet, ping-pong table, Xbox Kinect, and a above ground pool (unfilled though). Right now Brad just got back from some other work he does and were about to go collect some gravel in his truck. So far this looks like it is going to be a great time here and I can’t wait to see what happens next.