I got a phone call from the goat owners quite late last night. The word finally spread far enough. They were glad to know where their goats had gone. They came early this morning to pick them up. The goat had already escaped from the chicken pen, but they were enjoying tasty treats at the bottom of our hill. The owners, who live about 1/3 of a mile away, have them back home, and are working on beefing up their fences.
Monday was President's Day, and Rob had the day off from work. I'm so glad because I wasn't feeling sick at all. We decided to drive around the southern half of the island. Last time we tried to do this, it was a very raining day, but today the weather was perfect, sunny and warm with fluffy white clouds. Our first stop was Umatac, an interesting village full of history. In the local language, it is spelled Humatak. Ferdinand Magellan and his sailors brought first European contact to the island in 1521. It is thought they landed in Umatac Bay, but I just learned in further reading that the site is disputed, and might have been further north. I wish I could say that this is a good story, but it leaves me very disturbed. There was thievery, fighting, killing and burning of the settlement, not so different from stories of first visits in other places around the world. It wasn't mentioned in the article, but I'm guessing that the...
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