This morning, after we said good-bye to Dave's parents and sent them on their way home, we had a fantastic adventure. Our friend Adele said she would show us the trail up the mountain to Tierra Linda. We hiked for 3 hours, and it was hard mountain hiking, but it was so fun. I felt like I was on a stair climber for a good hour. It was really tough! The views were so beautiful. It was absolutely amazing to see that the people have used as much of the mountainside as possible to farm. We saw terraces and fields of onions, beans, swiss chard, herbs, and I'm sure other things that I don't know about. We tried to capture it for you, but the camera just doesn't do it justice. It is really quite steep.
In this picture you can see down into the gravel river bed where we began our hike, all the onion fields alongside the river, and then the terraced and steep fields on the mountain side.
If we can find a way to secure the computers up in the village, we will potentially do this hike a couple times a week to teach in the village. The kids only take 30 minutes to climb up, and 15-20 to come down. We're planning to try the Grouse Grind when we come home to compare the difficulty!
This morning, after we said good-bye to Dave's parents and sent them on their way home, we had a fantastic adventure. Our friend Adele said she would show us the trail up the mountain to Tierra Linda. We hiked for 3 hours, and it was hard mountain hiking, but it was so fun. I felt like I was on a stair climber for a good hour. It was really tough! The views were so beautiful. It was absolutely amazing to see that the people have used as much of the mountainside as possible to farm. We saw terraces and fields of onions, beans, swiss chard, herbs, and I'm sure other things that I don't know about. We tried to capture it for you, but the camera just doesn't do it justice. It is really quite steep.
In this picture you can see down into the gravel river bed where we began our hike, all the onion fields alongside the river, and then the terraced and steep fields on the mountain side.
If we can find a way to secure the computers up in the village, we will potentially do this hike a couple times a week to teach in the village. The kids only take 30 minutes to climb up, and 15-20 to come down. We're planning to try the Grouse Grind when we come home to compare the difficulty!
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Yah, but by the time you come home you will have built up some serious leg muscles and the Grouse Grind will seem easy.
you guys are going to be in such great shape when you get home!
Grouse Grind for a beginner takes about 1&1/2- 2 hours so it will be a breeze...you'll be in great shape by then so we'll expect to see you jog up with Zane on your back!
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