For this camp, we drove a couple hours south into the hills – waaaaayyyy up into the hills. A couple hundred or so people came. The dentist was extremely popular. We had 50 women signed up to see the dentist within the first two hours of opening. I did door patrol for that room most of the morning – trying to keep little ones from watching other people getting shots in the mouth and extractions. Kids who were in line to be next did not need to see that. As it was, one little boy resolutely refused to open his mouth in that room no matter what his mom or the doctor said. Some things are the same everywhere!
We were so high in the hills, and the hillsides so steep, that we could not see the valleys below between the jam packed hills. One of the vehicles broke down on the way because the roads were so bad (and steep). It and another jeep ended up at the mechanics afterwards. We drove 3hrs back on a different road with better inclines for the down journey. I have much, much respect for the drivers here. “Someone” of our group purchased a live chicken on the way back. For some reason, that bird ended up not in his vehicle, but in ours for the rest of the journey home. But, I will have to say, the bird in the box under the back seat handled the bumpy road pretty well. We just heard a low disoriented cluck every once in a while. When we finally returned to the hospital, one of the doctors told everyone to go home, take some ibuprofen and go to bed. I think everyone was sore from the long bumpy ride. At least with a horse, there is a rhythm to the bouncing.
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