Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Durango

Well we made it to Mexico safely and I have been going nonstop since. Right after I got back to Saltillo we headed to Durango with the older kids for 10 days. Our adventure started on a schoolbus for 10 hours and then a hike in the dark to a condemned house where we told ghost stories to the kids. Then we went on hikes for the next 8 days. It was amazing, and on our second hike we were so high in the mountains I was litterally walking in the clouds. And then we walked in tunnels through the mountain in water and it was so much fun I felt like I was in The Goonies. The older boys took care of Elizabeth and I. On our walk back to the bus I got completely drenched by the rain that then turned into hail, it was AN experience!

Well a few days later of walking everyday we were going on our short walk, and I was climbing over a barbwire fence, and talking at the same time so of course I fell and cut my finger. But the cut was not so bad it was the fence that was completely rusted. Needless to say I was in the hospital for a tetnus shot. And the tetnus shots or any shots for that matter are not the same. Lets just say it was not in my arm, and I had 3 more hikes to go. But Elizabeth and I got a good laugh about it. Oh and I get to enjoy another one in one month. And finally on the last hike I fell down the hill and busted my knee, but I was fine. But Elizabeth, Hno. Genaro, Durango, Pachuko, and myself went on our own hike and it was amazing. We walked down train tracks and on bridges that was half burnt. And then we were on top of the mountain and Hno. started beating the ground with a stick with every step he took. Apparently he was looking out for Rattlesnakes. As we started to descend I got the feeling we were lost. And I was right, I aksed Elizabeth what Hno. said and he said he knew the way back to the highway and we could just walk back to the cabin and be there safely by night, (it was 1:30 p.m.) Well we made it back to the bus, and the next day we headed home. It was an amazing 10 days, but also long and tiring.

Elizabeth and I took a nice vacation from Casa Hogar for a few hours without the kids. We had a fun night with Julio (the guy whose family I had to stay with in July) and his cousin. Elizabeth and I danced all night.It was a great way to end our vacation And Sunday started our first week as vonunteers with the kids...

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