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Our first visitor was our dear friend Mo. Mo and I met through a mutual friend Joy originally in 2008, and then solidified our friendship through the Basic and Intermediate Climbing classes with the Tacoma Mountaineers.  We’ve had so many adventures together in the mountains, rock climbs, glacier climbs, alpine climbs. And after having kids,… Read more

In Ecuador New Years is more important than Christmas. Here the Ecuadorians celebrate New Years by burning effigies in the streets at midnight, to symbolize that the past is the past, the old year is gone, and to welcome the new year. The effigies are clothes stuffed with newspaper, or more expensive paper maché characters… Read more

With Jacob & Favio, our kids’ closest friends here So, it was difficult to plan Jade’s birthday because I had to wait until the Thursday before the weekend to find out when Tomu’s soccer game would be. We have no soccer schedule for the year, we always find out 1-3 days before a game when… Read more

When we first arrived in Cuenca we passed through the Cajas National Park. Stunning vistas of high alpine lakes, misty peaks, stark vegetation, with the road crossing the pass at 13,550 feet. Since then, we have wanted to get back there to hike, but we now have established routines with the kids’ activities that keep… Read more

Walk, bike, bus, run, taxi…ok, maybe not run. One constant is that there is no driving, parking, insurance, maintenance nor fueling of a vehicle on our part and it is refreshing. Our first 3 weeks here were at a temporary AirBnB on the west end of town and we mostly took the bus and some… Read more