Back From Peru, Trip to NM, and Then Off To Costa Rica!

Well these past few weeks have been unbelieveable. First of all it is hard to believe that just two weeks ago I was getting off a plane from Lima, Peru, back in the United States. I had an amazing time in South America and I can't wait to go back.

A week after I got back, Julie Wilson and I decided to take off and do something fun. I have a professor from OSU that has a cabin up in the mountains of Red River and she had offered it to us to stay in. So we did! While we were there we did some hiking, some driving around in a Jeep in the mountains, and even went to a biker bar because it was the Memorial Day Weekend Biker Rally in Red River.

This was when Julie and I stopped in Amarillo, Texas. Home of the BIG TEXAN. The most rediculous western type restaraunt. Everyone has to go once. We definately didn't have the 72oz steak...

This is the awsome little cabin we stayed in for the week. It had a fireplace, a regular kitchen so we could do some cooking, and it was right by a river. It was amazing.

We took several trips in Dr. Deyong's Land Cruiser, a toyota Jeep thing, and it was awsome. Alway bumpy even on flat roads, but it could go anywhere. We took it down some mountain trails in and around Red River.



We also drove to Toas, which on the way is the Royal Gorge of NM. As you are traveling across the desert all of sudden a huge gorge just opens up in front of you. You would never expect it driving down the road.

Julie and I, mainly myself... decided to make a hike up to Wheeler Peak, NM or one of the campsites on the way. Look how happy we are in this picture! Well that soon changed. We ended up having snow on the trail and after we tried to traverse a couple miles of it we got stuck on the side of the mountain.

We ended up having to camp on the side of the trail and we had to build a big fire just to dry off all of our socks and pants and shoes. They were soaked because we had to walk through the snow.

Well right now I am packing up and getting ready to go to Costa Rica. I will be there between May 29th through August 8th. I will be up in the mountains of Costa Rica in a little town of 200 people where the main source of income comes from Sugar Cane farming. I will teaching English and living with a Costa Rican family. It should be neat!

DKW