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| The view of Beitun from Dakeng Trail #9 |
March 29-30, 2017 Amanda is up
early before me because of jet lag. I do things with her instead of going on
the computer. Yesterday, we went out to have breakfast of soy milk and danbing.
This morning we went hiking up trail #9 near Earthquake Park. I want to spend
as much time together while she’s here.After the hike,
we planned to bring Tanuki back to the vet to check up on his infection; his
wound is healing well. Before I drove home, we stopped near the Beverly on
Han-xi East Road to get an “I Bike” for Amanda so we could ride up the river and
meet Leona at the eyeglass store in Tan-Zih. After figuring out the first time
how to get a bike, Amanda chose one at random and followed our car the few
blocks home. When we arrived, she told us the three-gears on the bike had a
problem. She was willing to live with it but I suggested we go back and exchange
bikes; bad move. When we brought it back and she chose another bike, the
computer wouldn’t release the other bike. Coincidentally, a maintenance team
arrived and told us we couldn’t exchange the bike after taking it five minutes
without having to wait fifteen minutes to reset the computer. While we waited
on a bench in the little park, they did maintenance. Unbeknownst to them, their
action interfered with our getting a bike. We ended up frustrated walking back
home with my bike to get the car to drive to Tan-Zih to meet Leona who had
already left to meet us there on her scooter.
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| This little old man came pushing his wheelbarrow up a 30 degree grade hill with a ten gallon container of water. He stopped to look at a plant, without watering it, screamed a few angry sentences in Taiwanese,then got behind his wheel barrow pushing. |
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| I rested as Amanda continued to hike up the mountain to a look-out point. |
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| Below the gazebo where I rested, some area for Buddhist-minded hikers. |
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| The servicing of the "I Bike" station just as Amanda was exchanging bikes disabled the system. The thoughtless young man told her the bike could be exchanged only within 5 minutes. After that, it took 15 minutes to reset the computer, unless some thoughtless service boy disengages the system before the fifteen minutes is up and disrupts the process. Then you can kiss the bike "goodbye." |
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| The dog in the eyeglass store in Tan-Zih rested as Amanda got fitted for a new pair. After the bike rental fiasco, I drove up to Tan-Zih to meet Leona for lunch and get the glasses. |
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| We made falafel balls together. I had all the ingredients but the balls disintegrated when I put them in hot oil. Amanda suggested we add a few eggs to hold theballs together and saved the day. We had falafels for lunch that day and again for lunch when Michael and Jennifer came over Monday |
