Happy 17th Anniversary Jill & Ash.
My gosh, I stayed in bed almost 10 hours, probably because I
knew there wouldn’t be any time for napping later. I did my chores and received an email from
the Coopera bunch that they were going to file a second injunction and wanted
more signatures of interested parties, and their office was only going to be
open until 2 pm, so I had to get active.
Once I got cleaned up I remembered to bring along some
sundry items I brought from Canada
for Peggy relating to the camera she bought from me, like a manual, etc. She had indicated they would be at Joe’s
tonight.
I caught the #16 to Parque De La Madre and headed up to this
lawyer’s office only to find it closed, again, and it was only 1:15pm. I was not impressed that this had happened
twice in one week… Fool me twice, shame
on me, there won’t be a third time….
So now I had all this time on my hands. I had already decided that I was going to
walk the rest of the way to Joe’s and pass by the Earth Day celebrations in
Parque Otorongo. I took a few shots
along the Tomebamba on the way. The
celebrations were split between two parks this year and nobody had a clue where
the other park was located. Right in
Otorongo there were only a dozen tents selling knick-knacks and a huge sound
stage so that was really disappointing.
Someone said the action and party will be tonight, but that there were a
few more tents on the other side of the river.
There were actually about 30 tents over there with a few
more interesting offerings and some beautiful artworks. There was also a dog adoption display by ARCA
and I had to rush by the tiny puppies before I was tempted to stuff them in my
pockets. Innocent babies of any kind
are my weakness. There was one older
dog that I really liked, docile, great eyes, and I loved the way she cocked her
ears.
All those photos will be uploaded with tomorrow’s blog.
It was still really early so I decided to check in on Barbie
& John who live a block over from Joe’s.
Someone had said that John looked pretty rough the last time they saw
him. I was lucky that they were home,
primarily because they have guests in their lovely B+B. John actually was looking pretty good, having
a good day, he said. He is still
awaiting his doctor to set up his double hernia operation which has been in the
works for months. First John had a
respiratory ailment that delayed things then his doctor took off for a while
and has just returned. Barbie however
had the flu and was going through the hot and cold routines so I stayed far
away from her. We had a great chat
though and it was nice to catch up on things because we really miss them at
Joe’s.
I made it to Joe’s pretty well at 5pm and slowly the usual
suspects began to arrive and I got a lot of “We sure have missed you” comments
so that was comforting. Joe and Joseph
were very complimentary as well, so maybe the heart does grow fonder… Thank you to Mark for being my surrogate
photographer while I was away. It was
greatly appreciated.
I didn’t forget to give Peggy her camera stuff and she
showed me this other tiny Sony she had just bought with a 20x zoom, bloody
incredible! The technology these days is
truly astounding.
Richard and Sheryle, and Melinda and Bob, from Hearts Of
Gold were in attendance so I sat with them tonight. We have a HOG meeting Tuesday to begin planning
our next adventures. Richard is very busy
lining up investors for his gold mining projects, also next week.
Lots of new faces again tonight at Joe’s and that is always
a treat.
That was the day's
excitement, Cheers, Al
Please see all new photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/