Today was very busy and productive. We got up at 7 to head up to Colbert. Usually when we head up that way on a Saturday morning it's to pick something. Today we dug up over 40 strawberry plants from a lady I met on Freecycle. I asked for plants and got several responses. This lady sent a message with her phone number and asked me to call ASAP. I ( Read more... )

Several weeks ago, Nick's co-worker Alvaro came over and showed us how to make real enchiladas. Very interesting and delicous ( Read more... )

Just wanted to reflect on the many things I Have learned this year and the new things I have done ( Read more... )

I planted my first spider baby two weeks ago and finally got enough little pots and dirt to plant the rest a week ago. I have five and so far, so good. Only one or two have been cut off from the main plant ( Read more... )

We had a great day in Cuenca today. We woke up and went to find something for breakfast. After walking a minute or two and not seeing anything, we decided to head to church and find food over there. We didn´t know how long it would take to get to the church or how hard it would be to find. It took around 15 minutes by taxi and we still had about 45 ( Read more... )

We had a great day in Cuenca today. We woke up and went to find something for breakfast. After walking a minute or two and not seeing anything, we decided to head to church and then find something. We didn´t know how far away it was or how hard it would be to find. It took around 15 minutes by taxi and we still had about 45 minutes when we arrived ( Read more... )

Our first day in the jungle we went with Mabel and our Quechua guide, Chivo, to explore all the different plants and trees. Before leaving, Chivo knocked some grapefruit down from a tree for a snack later. The first plant was good for your nose so I tried some for my stuffy nose. He used a leaf to put some green stuff down my nose and it was better ( Read more... )

Nick felt a little light-headed getting off the airplane in Quito and between all the food we tried and the exploring, we think it just added to his mild altitude sickness. I woke up in the middle of the night to find him sick. By the time, we woke up to get ready for our jungle adventure, he was still feeling a little bad. We had tickets to take a ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to da Tee!! Hope it's a fun one ( Read more... )

We basically woke up this morning, ate a lil stack of French toast topped with strawberry and banana, a fun fruity drink, coffee and tea ( Read more... )