Arrest (Part 1: Sunday)

Arrest (verb): stop or check; attract the attention of

Trying to come up with a word to describe the last week, and this is the best I can come up with. Let’s see if I can say a little bit more about that…

Sunday 27 December 2009 – Carrie, Anna, Pat and I depart Bundibugyo for Kampala. Pat had a flight to catch that night for London so we were on a time sensitive mission…Pat had a tearful but hopeful departure with several well wishers under our driveway mango tree, and climbed into her blue Patrol with 3 passengers to be dropped in Fort Portal. After dropping them and coffeeing up at the Gardens, Anna joined her in the blue Patrol, Carrie and I continuing on in the Zoolander. A couple hours later after tooling through Mubende without stopping for any chicken-on-a-stick, my phone rang and it was Anna saying that they were having “power” issues and to stay tuned. A few minutes later the phone rang again… “power” issues had turned into total absence of power – ie. they were stopped. We agreed I should turn around and find them to somehow track down some mechanical assistance…mission arrested… long story made somehow short, the PATROL had been filled with PETROL instead of diesel in Mubende – one mechanic became about 7, fuel tank removed and entire fuel system flushed and refilled and then we were on our way again. We successfully delivered Pat to the airport in Entebbe with plenty of time to catch her flight shortly after midnight.