August 25

For our lunch today with those of us who use Saturday as our P-day, we went to eat at a restaurant out of the city past Tamavua.  It is actually on the road to Nausori where the airport for Suva is.  The restaurant was chosen because it is close to a Fiji forest area that has a lovely hike to two waterfalls.  We started late as we were waiting for the temple couples who do not finish at the temple until 1 p.m.

It took forever for our food to come, so by the time we got to the forest service office, the forest service had closed the trail.  It was just about 3 p.m.  "Come early" next week was the reply to when does the trail close.  What had really happened is that the two forest service workers, who are "guards" at the waterfalls, had decided sometime earlier that they were done for the day, so they just arbitrarily walk up to the trail head and closed the gate.  The sign of the office clearly stated that the trail stayed open until 5 p.m.  Some of us were glad, and some were sad.  I needed the walk and the calming influence of nature.