Summertime

Summertime in El Salvador and the cane is high.

Including the tassels, over 12 feet high!

And when the sugar cane blossoms, it is just beautiful.

Looking out across the fields of cane at the foot of the north side of the volcano.  (we live on the other side)

 Many trees also blossom this time of the year.

This time of year the road to Santa Ana is lined with trees in bloom - yellow, pink, and purple.

In this picture you can see the white blossoms but also the hill that was green with corn but it has now been harvested and this is what is left.  It is the dry season here now and there is a lot of brown countryside.

Our Trip to Copan Ruinas, Honduras

 

Last September we took a trip to Copan Ruinas, Honduras for two days.  We left early on Tuesday.

  This is the group of us ready to go.

  This is the town square in Copan Ruinas.  The trip took much longer than planned so we spent the late afternoon enjoying the city center.

This is a map of the ruins that have been uncovered in Copan

This is one of the beautiful macaws, what they call guacamaya, that are all over the park.

Here we are with the water god.

We took lots of pictures - so this is just a sample of the pictures of the ruins.  It was amazing.

This is the crocodile that was submerged in water in the olden times.

This is where the king and his family lived.

Where the king used to address the upper class of society on special occasions.

In front of a ginormous tree.

This is called a Stella, a representation of one of the most famous and popular kings - 18 rabbits.  There are about a dozen of these in the public gathering area showing him in different roles.

The back side of the ball field (visitor side) as seen from the top of one of the other structures.

The ball field, showing the front side of the visitor's side of the field.

This was inside the museum and shows the original colors of the temple

This was actually one of the original temples that was covered over by later temples - twice.

El Viejo con El Viejito.

Juayua Falls

 At the end of August we travelled to Juayua to go to the Juayua Falls.  This is at the entrance of the city of Juayua

 We parked our car and walked down to the falls - about a half hour walk

 This is where we crossed one of the falls

 A couple of the critters we saw along the way

 The beautiful flowers

 After leaving the falls we went over to Laugua Verde.  It took us about 10 minutes to get Apaneca to the 4K road that then went to the lagoon.  It was a terrible road - one place Rich had to get out and move rocks around so we could get through. 

Here is a interesting mode of travel. 

Mack & the MoTabs - Now on YOUTUBE!

When I was just a wee lad I would sometimes sneak out of bed late on a Sunday night to go out to the kitchen and listen to Music & the Spoken Word with Richard L. Evans on the radio.  They would rebroadcast that day's program on KSL, on the AM band late in the evening when it would reach a greater distance, and my mom and dad would tune it in and listen from our small town in northern California.  The reception was usually poor, and the signal would often fade in and out, but it was the Choir, and it was Elder Evans, and it was wonderful.

Now, as of this last week, I can watch the Music and the Spoken Word, anytime I want, in El Salvador!  

Is this not a great time to be alive?

Hope you enjoy these links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_HdrywerGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8EYtirfF4I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_yOMdHqjQY

Clouds

One of the things I love about El Salvador is the beautiful sky.  Almost every day there are some kind of clouds - even in the dry season there are clouds in the sky.  We walk early in the morning and see the sun rise through the clouds and it is just so beautiful.  So here is a collection of some of the pictures we have taken at various times over the months. I hope you enjoy them and are reminded as I am of the beauty of our Heavenly Father's creations.