Saturday, April 30, 2016

Saturday April 30, 2016 Joes' Secret Garden



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Saturday April 30, 2016
Not a very nice day today, so I was forced to take a bus to Joe's Secret Garden tonight.  Luckily the rain took a break when I reached Las Americas and it didn't really rain much afterwards.  The rivers are running high again.
A good crowd of 123 people on hand tonight for a Cajun deep-fried turkey meal followed by sweet potato pecan pie.  
Apparently one of the patrons last week complained that I called the front outside room, (now glassed in), the "garage".   I have always called it that, but apparently it now is called "the fern room", or "the glass room". 
It was an unusual crowd tonight of friends, and a lot of people's exes, but all is well in the land on the Equator.  
I hurried my meal and gave up my seat to some late-comers, so I had the first piece of the pecan pie in the kitchen and I bugged out early.
I caught a cab back on my usual route which takes me by the Bus station and the end of the runway of the airport.  I was surprised when the cabby pointed to the left and said "avion" and it took a second for me to realize that he was pointing at the plane that crashed and almost came over the fence!  I had thought the plane was at the other end of the runway all this time....  Anyway, I quickly dug out my camera and took a couple of poor shots through the windshield of the moving cab.  They apparently are not going to re-open the airport until they remove the downed plane, maybe by Tuesday...
I hope you enjoy the photos.  That was the day's excitement,   Cheers, Al 
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Downed plane at the airport

This is how close it came to clearing the fence!

Friday, April 29, 2016

Thursday April 28, 2016 Herederos



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Thursday April 28, 2016
As reported earlier, it was raining most of the night and the morning, but the weather system finally cleared out in the afternoon.  The rivers are really swollen and I would not be surprised if there was some flooding in some places.
There was a decent turnout for the Herederos de Cuenca ride in the evening.  First they had a meeting to round out the executive, choosing a Vice-President but obviously having trouble getting someone to step up to be Secretary.  
We rode to the gas station on Solano then went down Remigio Crespo to Loja and into El Centro.  We moved along Cordero and on up to Cristo Rey.  Somebody allowed a honkin' huge apartment to be built in front of the church which blocks the tremendous view, both ways.  Then we continued up behind the Universidad Catolica de Cuenca where the views from the north hill are spectacular.  It is a shame that the main cathedral is not lit up very well at night, it would add so much to the beauty of the skyline.  Turi is still very visible far to the south.
I hope you enjoy the photos.  That was the day's excitement,   Cheers, Al 
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The Herederos gang begins to form up at the Puente Roto

The Tomebamba is very high

The rushing water emits quite a sound

The rivers are very shallow here

Water rushing east to join the Amazon eventually

It is very pretty along this section

More join the group

New people too

11 bikes tonight

A short meeting to round out the Executive

Cristo Rey church on the north hill

The statue of Jesus has been refinished

You can see the big apartment in the background

Mugging for the cameras

A good group to ride with

A nice place to gather

Large group shot

View from above the Catholic University

Avenida Solano is the bright yellow line

Cheescake shot, love the riding boots

Santo Domingo on the left, Turi at the top