Author: randy

We didn’t see any Aliens but it’s off the bucket list. We were told if you throw a rock or pee across the gate it was a $650.00 fine. You can’t see anyone but they are watching. We took a dirt road to get out and Bob kept watching to make sure we weren’t being followed. He seemed a little paranoid about me doing something stupid. He has a fear of being arrested.

Antisana reserve is only a couple hours from the house. This area provides water for Quito and the neighboring cities and villages. Daniela has climbed the volcano of which you can’t see much of today for it was in the clouds. The elevation where we were biking is 4200 meters ( 13,779 feet ).

We did stop for ice cream on the way home.

Puerto Lopez is a small town on the coast. From here you can take a boat to ” Isla De La Plata ” part of a Machalilla National park. It is known by some locals jokingly as the ” poor man’s Galapagos ” because it is close and affordable. I really enjoyed it.

I visited friends in Wyoming at the time during a full solar eclipse. The state has a population of less than 600,000 but doubled for the one day. Devil’s tower is easy to see why it is a sacred place. the Buffalo to me are a symbol of what was once a great national treasure that was lost but has been making a come back. The massive herds at one time could take days to pass.

In 2019 I stayed over a week in the San Blas neighborhood taking daily walks in the city. The old city was very close and a lot to see. The manager at the hostel I was staying in told me every Monday morning at 10am they have the changing of the guards at the palace. So off I went and it was pretty cool. In the last video you see the new guard heading into the palace.