Monday, July 8, 2019

a look back at a SPECTACULAR week- day 9

We were delighted to welcome Poppy home last night 
after her fun stay at Nana and Papa's while we were gone! 
 

....and a look back at Day 9 (June 30) 
Jim & Erika explore Quito 
Emily, Jason, Anna, Taylor, Janie, Abba and Fern headed to Mashpi Lodge 

  
a fun day exploring together in Quito before heading back to life in CA 

Meanwhile, the rest of our crew took a 3 hour bus ride out of Quito 
into the cloud forest to get to the Mashpi Lodge





these floor to ceiling windows are amazing and make it feel like you are in an incredible (luxurious) tree house 



The trails are super muddy from all the rain, but they have found a brilliant way to preserve the trails by using over 18,000 soda crates stacked along the trails to keep hikers from slipping.  

Our first short hike with our guide Gabriel. 
(This makes it look like he's a hit man, but not to worry! We bonded and had a great time with him!) 

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