Zoned Out… 2/22

WE were out of town, out of state, out of country, out of communications and a few friends (one) thought out of our minds… Yesterday morning and for fourteen days we were 4 degrees latitude south of the equator. We were with amigos in celebration of a very important event.

Visiting a strange land and it’s people is very rewarding plus we got to sample the local WINES. The country was Ecuador with it’s Andes and high elevation, Buzz is the by word if not from the local brew then from the high altitude and lack of oxygen. It was so for this sea level faring creature.

But the really amazing thing among others happened yesterday on our return trip. We went from a very comfortable 65 degrees in Ecuador to a warm 88 in Miami, then to 30 degrees in Chicago then 20 in Milwaukee then after the drive home to a minus 5 degrees at our door step. All these temps were in central time zones. From the hots to the colds all in our waking 22 hour trip home. I had to keep changing underwear, silk to fur lined.

So how was the country of Ecuador ? As the title of a Peter Seller’s movie states its ... “Being there!” or you could buy a globe, Tom Brown, and find out. The adventure continues in next week’s blogs….

Today’s one liner from our trek in the Andes…
“If you find a path without obstacles…it often leads to no where.”