Ruby Slippers



Well, we made it. Home. We had a relatively smooth trip from the city, until we reached the last stretch. After Zacualpa, we ran into some muddy spots. With the new tires, the 4Runner did great in all the mud.  It was amazing to see how the water had changed the roads, making them muddy,  deeply rutted, or in some places completely relocated or non existent. It is extremely different here, with how this country is completely at the mercy of the rains and weather.  In the States, we have some control on the roads, or at least we think we do.   Here, if it rains too much... your stuck.



It started raining a little on our way home yesterday, and it has not stoped since. Aparently, the rains are really heavy in September and October. Last yaer we saw a drought, so the rain is a welcomed change.



Thelma, our family dog, made it here to Canilla without any trouble. After traveling for 5 days couped up in the car, she did manage to bail out the window or door a couple times, once at the airport.  She is enjoying the attention, and is a great reminder that our lives, though taking a different path then we had planned, can still be what they were.     



The boys are doing fine. Jacob is enjoting getting dirty again, and playing with toys and his aunts.

We are glad to be home, and still thinking of all of you, back home.

A year in a month.

Here we are, after a little over a month of traveling, and we are all exhausted.

Duane and Leslie are already home in Canilla, and catching up on clinics and work. 

We will return home to Canilla tomorrow after another long car ride.  I know that the boys, as well as Thelma, are looking forward to getting loose.

We had a smooth flight this morning from Houston,TX. We were able to visit Hannah and Matt (the newly weds) for a few hours and spend som time with friends at a Catahoula Dog trial in DeKalb, TX.

We are planning on running a few errands in the morning and having the wheels alligned on the car before we head home,  hopefully before noon.

Here, in Guatemala city, it is hard to find a hotel with a bathtub. Jacob wanted to take a bath in the sink, like his brother. 

We are so glad we had time to visit with so many friends and family back home. I wish we would have had more time with everyone.

If we missed you this trip we will look foreward to seeing you next year, hopefully in March or sooner.  

As always thanks for reading.