May 1, 1999

Driving, driving, and yet more driving, brought us to Katherine, a small dull town situated next to a large, heavily populated National Park and tourist attraction. Mike and Rochelle spent the afternoon enjoying the lovely park and huge gorge, while Jeff, needing some time-out, spent the day in the van reading, and napping. Mike and Rochelle rented a canoe and paddled, with all their might, upstream to a small water hole and falls. Mike jumped from the rocks above into the pool with fervor. The falls refracted a colorful rainbow and we took advantage of the large flat slabs of rock to absorb the sun, and develop further, an already plentiful, bronze coating on our bodies.