December 15, 2009......Colombia

Up and up and up........ and the view from the house......

Butchering the chickens for lunch....dinner......

The boys and Uncle Al....with the glasses.....

So, the fire was put out, the battery was fixed, and the red fire truck could once again get under way. They finally made it to Chucho's and Rosalba's and everything was taken off the truck and put on the porch to be taken up the hill later, by the four men who were working on Uncle Al's house, and the four yayhoos in the truck, along with Chucho and Rosalba. But first....lunch!! Soup, rice, chicken, plantains, cabbage salad, and sugar water. They boil all the water they drink and add raw sugar to it for taste.

OK...lunch done, and up the trail everyone goes.....half a mile to Uncle Al's house, and all up. They are at about 4500' now, so the going is slow for the gringoes....not so much for the others who do NOT have to stop half a dozen times to get their breaths. But everyone and everything got up to the house without too much huffing and puffing, and the afternoon was just spent in looking around, watching the men lay the tile floors, even out the cement, hook up the sewer pipes, and like that.

Dinner was back down....half a mile....to Chucho's.....soup, rice, chicken, plantains, cabbage and beet salad, and fresh juice. Lulo, I think Mommy said.

Back up the hill.....half a mile......and early to bed. It was best to keep all of the lights off as early as possible.....many flying things around that are attracted to light....and some bite.....at least they seemed to like to bite Mommy....a lot.....