Back on terra firma… 2/28

Two weeks away from home and it seems we missed another blast of artic air. Can’t believe we were in the balmy weather of South American then hours later shoveling white stuff. Which beings up today’s topic…the unexpected or what’s around the next corner. I don’t know of anyone who has not had a preconceived idea about a person, place or thing (all nouns) then been completely bowled over by the fact that what we thought about something was the complete opposite.

That’s what hit us about our friend’s new country and it’s people. I was told that the country, Ecuador, had one horse and some one had shot the horse, never guess who started that rumor? They and we were very wrong with this notion. They have many horses, chicken, cows (of all types). a mass of cars and buses, zoom zoom. Yet all of it is surrounded by much beauty. Our walk in their National Park, Cajas, as a real joy.

I was looking at the pictures I took of the Park in the Andes and they just don’t do the place justice nor do our preconceived notions. The place is a wonder and so are the people. So, here’s a big promise that in the future I will not prejudge anything! Well. Maybe.