we like when friends visit :)

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Our friend Tara came to visit us in Spain (from Germany) with her son & hubby. They showed up on Thanskgiving morning, we ate a quick meal and headed out. We drove east until night fell, then found a camp ground and crashed for the night. The next morning we strolled around Ronda (pronounced with a long Oh sound), checked out the deep ravine, the more than 200 year old Puente Nuevo that spans across it, and just did some random wanderings around town. Then we decided to drive along the Costa del Sol (Sun Coast) in hopes of finding a small quaint town, fishing village, semi-remote camp spot. Instead all we found were miles and miles of high rise resorts, condos & houses. You see, this is a vacationers' spot so there's lots of expats and Spaniards alike living here in vacation homes or just visiting. We have nothing against this type of environment but it's not what we were looking for on this trip. Before the sun dipped down, we found a campground that was packed full of RVs, threw down our tents and retired early. The next morning we decided to head to one of the most beautiful places we had seen in Spain thus far--Cabo de Gata-Nijar National Park. We had been there already earlier in the year and decided to share this place with our friends. They were instantly in love! We stayed at the same campgrounds we stayed at before and spent the rest of the night at a secluded beach, perched beneath a cliff face to block the wind, and consumed cheese, crackers & wine under a black & diamond sky. The next morning we explored the coastline and then bid ado to our friends, who stayed behind a few more days before heading back to Germany. On our way home we briefly stopped in Guadix where cave houses dot the mountain side. It looks like a scene out of Star Wars.

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Photos

hey dude! whats in your hands?!
this was at our campground near Ronda

vroom vroom
on the road along the Costa del Sol

FLY!!
Caelen flying high in Ronda

Puente Nuevo
Ronda

Ronda
tara & nick strolling

Ronda
my hair blowing in the breeze

boys will be boys
Jeff & Caelen in Ronda

Ronda
don't try to escape out a window, or else...

Ronda
peering down into the ravine from the Puente Nuevo

Ronda
we were sitting on a REALLY old bridge, over a deep, deep ravine. Eeks!

Ronda
peeping through the remains of a house where grass now grows

Ronda
um...excuse me, Satan? you've got a little something on your you-know-what.

Costa del Sol
amy & tara

Costa del Sol
jeff & caelen searching for treasures

old bridge
don't remember where this is or know what it is but it looks old & that is cool!

flower
we stopped to explore a cave but found out it was way overpriced & super crowded, so we looked at the flora & fauna instead. for free