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Sunday
April 8, 2018
Today Cecilia & Alex asked me to join them and a group of friends for a picnic in SigSig, a small town about an hour or more to the east. The morning started of nice but quickly degenerated into heavy cloud.
I was picked up in front of the Hospital IESS by the family of Diego and Claudia and more of the group which hail from Colombia. I was tasked to bring dessert for 10 people which it turns out was only about 1/2 of the people who showed up.
We had a big crowd and we went way down to the river to a huge park that I did not even know existed. We commandeered the major portion of the biggest gazebo and a group of 5 Ecuadorians had the remainder (but they supplied the music).
There was a lot of food supplied, different sausages, roast beef, pork ribs, rice, beans, yucca, and much more.
Groups went to the river, swam, skipped rocks and more while others played a little keep-away soccer mostly. Then the music started up and we couldn't keep our feet still.
The weather turned to a heavy drizzle and the breeze was darn cool for a long while, so we just danced all the more. During a break in the rain we packed up and returned through another rainstorm.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| Nice sunrise this morning |
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| Taking over the huge gazebo |
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| This quick-tent helped keep some kids occupied for a while |
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| Partial view of the main area of the park |
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| Looking right to the wading area of the river (very rocky) |
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| Booting a soccer ball outside while we had sun |
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| Setting up our BBQ area |
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| Alex was right in there |
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| A view from the wading area |
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| The young boys were brave |
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| It really was a beautiful big place |
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| Some of the meat on the BBQ |
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| Beautiful walking bridge over the river |
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| Another view of this lovely bridge |
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| Alex & Cecilia got the dancing underway |
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| Surprise, you are on Candid Camera |
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| Even Cecilia got involved with the soccer ball |
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| This young lady is 20 years old... |
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| The soccer balls got workouts today |
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| After sausages, etc, came the main meal... |
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| The other folks were cooking guinea pig (cuy) |
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| Esther is a good poser |
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| She knows where the camera is |
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| Watching happenings along the river |
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| Jacket weather, and dancing to keep warm |
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| The other group got up to dance as well (their music!) |
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| Most of the group (minus me a 2 young girls) |
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| A second shot for good luck |
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| and a third, just in case... |
