Time to Go Home

 We had such a wonderful time but it was time to head for home.  So we took off by 9 in the morning and enjoyed the scenery on our trip home. 

 Our last look at the beautiful lake

 They are working on the road and we spent some time stopped at the construction site

 We are almost home and here is Dad's favorite sign.  Can you imagine filling a waffle cone with 2-3 scoops of ice cream, then putting a hot doughnut on top, then topping that off with whipped cream and a cherry?  Increible!

 We made it home safely and with some wonderful memories.  It was so fun to be with the temple missionaries. 

The men in the white hats, 'cause they're all good guys.

Guatemala Trip - Day Seven - Sunday

 We attend church in the branch in Panajachel.  We rode over in tuc tucs and enjoyed our meetings there.  They planned their Relief Society Birthday Celebration and invited us to join them but we were not staying that long.  

The rest of the day Dad and I spent together doing as little as possible.  Believe it or not, a day of rest was very welcome from being constantly on the go the rest of the week.  We read and enjoyed sitting out on our balcony and enjoying the cool weather.  We even had our meals out on the balcony.  It was a very restful and enjoyable day.  We went for a walk along the lake in the late afternoon.

We live in such a beautiful world.

Guatemala Trip - Saturday -Day Six

The three volcanos around Lake Atlitlan were San Pedro, Atlitlan and Toliman.  We got up very early to take pictures.  It was a beautiful cool morning and Dad got some beautiful shots of the area.

 Here we are all ready for our trip across Lake Atlitlan.  It was about a 45 minute ride across the lake and we visited three different villages, San Juan del Lago which is famous for their weaving using all natural dyes and fibers, then to San Pedro and then to Santiago Atlitlan. 

 Here are some views of the area from the boat

 Laundry day down at the lake.

 When we would get to the villages we would all climb in to a "tuc tuc", which is this 3 wheeled vehicle powered by something less than a lawn mower engine, and ride to the top of the village and then we would walk down through the villages seeing the different shops and buildings

 This church was in the village of San Pedro.

San Pedro (Saint Peter) with his keys in front of the church.  It is very interesting that all of the statues of San Pedro we have seen (and we have seen a lot), he always has keys.

This is a painting we got at Santiago Atlitlan. It was very interesting that, counting the village we stayed at, we went to 4 villages, and in all of them people were selling paintings of the lake and the volcanoes . . . and almost all of them were exactly alike!  Same view, same colors, etc.  We bought this one because it was different.  Lake Atlitlan really is a beautiful place though, and worth the visit.