I organized a relay from Nairobi to Mayers farm (with help from friends) in December, 2019. We called it the ‘Mayerthon’. A competitive stage 5 (walking stage)The final leg of the Mayerthon was a 50m swim in the pond.The Mayerthon was tied to the exact minute, so we had to have a trial by combat using Beersbie. Tom’s team won!We took a vacation from our Christmas Vacation to visit Dechorah Iowa, which was filled with campaign officesDecorah Iowa has a couple well known breweries including Pulpit Rock.Golaith is a very well known brewery in Decorah.Robyn and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary this year. It’s getting serious!Sand Island in February.A quick snorkeling trip in Oman after a workshop there in February.Running the Oman H3.Sailing at the Yatch Club in Naivasha.Hiking Elephant Hill with Zoë and friends in February.A relatively recent plane crash near the summit of Elephant Hill.A weekend in the Tea Farms at Tigoni in December. Zoë and Ainsley crawling around on the tea.My annual springfest. The event this year was three days before Corona was declared a pandemic, making this the last party of the year!The awesome teacher band at springfest.Zoë has been driving more and more in the National Parks. Sometimes I sit on the roof – a bit scary!Cooling off in MeruBirds at Meru.A sweet airbnb in Timau during March break.A clear view of Mt Kenya from our airbnb near Timau in March.Camping at Hells Gate before Nairobi got locked down.Our beautiful site at Hells Gate – no one around!Noone knows why we need to wear masks in our own car.Nairobi got quarantined, so we spent a lot of time in Nairobi National Park.I got Infinity Ales face masks made. We used quarantine time to purge the house.Cleaning the house every Saturday.One fun aspect of quarantine was lots of time to cook.Biking with Zoë was another fun new activity.Tom organized an early morning solar eclipse viewing gathering.Zoom games with my family in the US.Robyn and Zoë put together some puzzles.Making use of our patio.RacletteTeaching from an empty school so that we don’t have too many people on zoom at home at the same time.Mothers day!Picnicing on Harshit’s plot.Running Ngong Hills with Maciej.Running with small groups of friends, followed by a drink.Moto, Maciej and Mouse’s cat. Moto hid on the top of my car. I drove 70kms an hour to a friends house for a run. When I was about to leave for the run, I noticed the 6 security dogs looking up at the cat on the top of my car. Security dogs who found Moto the cat.Drinks in the yard with plenty of space between us.Playing games with our family in the US. Here, Robyn created a jeopardy game using trivia about our family.Making the most of the Nairobi quarantine- camping on Harshit’s undeveloped land on the southern border of Nairobi National Park.We came across this lion just OUTSIDE Nairobi National Park.Ngong Hills.Maciej and Mouse’s plot of land near school. Talking to Tom at his house through the kitchen window.Camping in Tom’s backyward.Social hour.Ann Marie and I ran 25kms through the relatively quiet streets of Nairobi
