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Published: March 21st 2008
Here we are finally......
This was the destination of our hike. Beautiful fresh water falls, but very cold!It has been awhile since my last entry. We have been pretty busy getting things settled in and then preparing for Michael's visit with his girlfriend, Rachael. They had spent 4 days in Cabo San Lucas and fortunately the wind stayed low for their stay there. We, too, enjoyed warm, wind free weather for about 4 days and then the big blow came in. The weather here, like most of the US, has been very indifferent. Usually the wind dies right down in March, but the kiters are happy.
We managed to finally get our sensor light functioning but it is very sensitive! A bug goes in the path and it goes on! I guess we will have to get that figured out. Then there is the saga of our water heater. STill not installed although Chito came back today with every intention of installing it. However, the water needs to be turned off --and you can't JUST turn off the water to the site, oh, NO! The whole park has to shut down. This is not very convenient b/c the residents get all mad if it is off too long. Anyway, while soldering the copper pipes, someone turned on
the water main and interrupted the soldering so......manana???
Even though it was pretty windy while Michael was here, we had a good time. On Tuesday we decided to take this hike back to some falls just outside of a little town called Santiago. It was wash board roads back to the area which is supposedly a protected area. Once on the rocky trail and not losing footing for the time being, we were led to yet another ROCKIER downhill hike--almost straight down. However, there was a rope tied to a tree that we could hang on to on the way down. Whew....that was not so easy. I thought the way up would be better--NOT. But it was worth it because the falls were gorgeous and it was so serene there. And also pretty clean!
Rachael and Michael brought the game Apples to Apples and that was a fun game. They also "suffered" through my favorite mindless game called LCR. It is a dice game--Right, Left, Center. Mike won. We never did get around to Euchre!
Saint Patrick'S Day was also Rachael's birthday. Since she does not like cake, I made brownies. We went out to lunch at
this one restaurant where we had not yet eaten but had heard rave reviews about their stuffed peppers. Wow! They were so good--green peppers stuffed w/ shrimp and a load of cheese! Fantastic! To further celebrate the day, we went to the more gringo style pub called Tio Pablo's for corned beef and cabbage. The cabbage was great but we all agreed that we were very disappointed in the corned beef. IT was pretty tough. The salad bar was great too though. And they served free tequila shots although I think the shots had to have been very watered down because I had one and could still walk and talk!
Wednesday we had to take the kids to the airport and say our goodbyes..........I always hate that part of the visits. But it was a good one and I think the kids enjoyed themselves too!
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Rose
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What fun!! The hike really could have been dangerous if that rope had broken, ugh! I would have celebrated likewise. I'm sure it was a lot of fun having the kids there. Have a Happy Easter, we'll be by ourselves too!