The Fagatele Bay Marine Sanctuary just completed a new 4-mile long trail. This is quite exciting for us, as there are not a lot of trails to hike here. On Sunday, a group of about ten of us decided to hike the whole trail. The trail starts close to our friends’ house. Paul and Barbara have a beautiful yard, complete with sugar cane. Above is Paul giving Emma and Trey their first pieces of sugar cane to suck on.
About halfway through the trail our friend received a cell phone call to warn us of a tsunami watch! There was an earthquake in the Soloman Islands, almost 2,000 miles away. Given that our last “tsunami” was an 8 cm wave, we decided that we were not in any danger. In our year of living in American Samoa, there have been dozens of earthquakes nearby, but we felt only a few of those!
The trail follows along a ridgeline, passing by several beautiful bays. Our hike was amazing. Despite the less-than-comfortable conditions (the heat, the mud, the bugs), we love being in the rain forest.
About halfway through the trail our friend received a cell phone call to warn us of a tsunami watch! There was an earthquake in the Soloman Islands, almost 2,000 miles away. Given that our last “tsunami” was an 8 cm wave, we decided that we were not in any danger. In our year of living in American Samoa, there have been dozens of earthquakes nearby, but we felt only a few of those!
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