HAPPY FATHERS DAY! I HOPE THAT YOUR DAY WAS AS HAPPY AS MINE.
INTERESTING PHOTO OF BOGOTA CHURCH. VERY NICE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS.

Guatavita, Colombia

This is a "beautiful Village" with a historical past outside of Bogota. Nada and I have visited before with Fernando and Lorelle. The entire village residences are painted white, the "square" or city center pictured here is red brick and some stone in places !

Homes at 3300 Meters above Sea level

Time for science and geography lesson for those who need it? These photos were taken by me at an altitude [according to Toyota Land Rover altitude gauge] at 3,300 meters above sea level. Convert that to feet! At my calculation of 3.3 [roughly] feet to the meter, that is 10,890 feet above sea level!!

Most people are not noticably affected at altitudes up to 2,400 meters or about 8,000 feet.
12,000 feet altitude is "generally defined as very high" That is 3 ,658 meters!

Ever consider "goat farming" for a living?

No question about who is "the boss" here. That's alot of "kids" to be responsible for!

Not a bad job of landscaping! This scene is outside of Bogota [city] in mountains.

This is the Main Street in Annapoima, Colombia. Fernando and Lorelle's week-end retreat is on the immediate left behind the Palm trees. The wall in the second photo is Fernando's wall on the front of his property. The watering hole" next door is handy. Fernando has a construction project underway just inside his entrance gate. The building being demolished was the home for the folks that live on the property and maintain it, doing the gardening and household duties. A new house for their residence was recently completed.

I used to be alot better at this 35 years ago! Nada was a little concerned that at my age I may have lost a bit of co-ordination and reflex? She was right, as I was sucessful in running into a deep ditch, fortunately surviving. I only look like I know what I am doing!

Life has not been too stressful this trip! Last night when we retrurned to Bogota, there was rain and the temperature was 30 F lower than in Annapoima. It was 87F in Annapoima, and 57 F in Bogota!

This is what the Doctor ordered for triple by pass recovery! Just following advice!

You may remember Lorenza from prior blog pictures. I thought you might enjoy seeing this beautiful bird that Fernando and Lorelle have in Annapoima.












Tico is a new addition. He is currently not all that sociable as he is a young Tucan, and not accustomed to much human contact. He has been known however, to drop from a mango tree to the roof of a house adjacent to a high wall that surrounds the property, climb to the top of the wall, and drop to the street below and walk to a Pandera [local bread baker] for handouts! The baker calls for someone to recover him as he is not good for the business, as he "threatens customers" to enter the shop.