Today we went to the Omega Tower . Left over from the US Military's OMEGA Navigation system, it is the tallest structure in Africa...and only about 5 miles away from where we live. You can drive up and park right next to the base and there is a ladder all the way from the ground to the top. We decided we wouldn't climb the whole 1,300'+ today...and just went to the first landing at 40'+/-...maybe next week. Here are a few pictures.
Kobe at the first landing.
Colton made it to the top of the guywire base.
On our way home we tried to pull to the side of the gravel road and let a motorcycle taxi pass, and ran over a piece of metal. It punctured our front tire and blew out our rear tire. We put our spare on the back (with the help of the taxi driver and his passenger) and pumped our front tire up with a 12v pump we carry and were able to limp home. I guess I'll be looking for a couple new tires tomorrow...And finally here are a couple pictures of our re-roofing project. Here are me and the boys tearing off some of the old asbestos roofing.
And the new Aluminum roof (Aluminium here in Liberia with the last i emphasized)
I filled up a shopvac twice with all the bat guano in our attic. most of the bats left while we were doing the roofing, but there are a few of the 200+/- bats that are still hanging on...so to speak. Hopefully by the end of this week we'll have everything sealed up and they'll have to find another home.
3 comments:
WOW! Too cool! Nice roof!
Hey! I climbed that Omega tower in 1985 when I was in Liberia for a college class. It's really tall! We went up 1122 feet. Do they still let you climb that high?
Pretty amazing, I remember buying some baskets from a man who lived right near the tower. I was wondering, how is the family's health? How are the boys? Are they enjoying all of the adventure or are they a bit homesick, maybe both? So glad you're posting. Thanks, Peter
OH Yeah, way to go saving that boys life...what a story! Praise God!
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