A walk in the woods

Thistles-we've got them here too. but it looks pretty

some kind of slimey mold fungus?

Bufo bocourti-what a cutie!

kodak moment with some schoolgirls on our hike

Bella helping guide the group

The view from the top of the mountain-you can see part of the Inter-American Highway from here. The community here built some big, Hollywood style letters with the name of the town just behind where this picture was taken.

So while our park guard is on vacay, or when he's busy, I get to fill in as a guide in our park. Which isn't technically part of my job-local people should be doing that-but in the interim i dont mind doing it. In fact, I really enjoy it-I gotta be honest. So here's some photos from this morning's hike-I guided a group of 5th and 6th graders up to the top of the hill, where we stopped for a view and some fried chicken! Have I mentioned that they love fried chicken and french fries here? Not joking-the little town I live in has like...3 fried chicken joints, not to mention the 5 or 6 street stands that fry chicken, starting pretty early in the day. Its kind of impressive.

Anyways, it started to drizzle and the wind started to blow and the temperatures dropped pretty quickly-im guessing it was in the low 50's, so we made a speedy descent. But all in all, was a great experience and most of the students and teachers had never visited their own hill before, much less arrived at the top. So i'll call that a success!

Thats all for now folks, i'm feeling in a bloggy mood since i've started again so look for more to come.