We’ve had an amazing early morning roaming around this
ancient jewel and it’s time to earn lunch! Up up up we hike
overlooking Machu Picchu.
Waynapicchu, one of the closest mountains
Incans have paved the way with
a treacherous stairway, yet there is a happy trail of visitors from all over the world who puff out encouragement in their native tongues to everyone still on their way up.
I would be scared to hike this in the rain – but the views at the top are definitely worth
every ounce of effort to get there.
Some rejoice in the
strength to climb, others are happy to sit so high and catch their breath and not fall off the boulders at the peak!!
If you get the chance to visit this amazing piece of history– think seriously about hiking Wynapicchu. It’s a difficult hike but absolutely worth it.
We three from B42 (my PC training group)
take a few moments to celebrate our service at the top and give thanks for all these incredible experiences and lifelong friendships we’ve been so blessed to have.
Careful on the way down
– it’s just as dubious a descent!
This is undoubtedly one of the best trips I’ve ever had the good fortune to go on; my thanks go out to the entire crew – thank you for making this such a special experience!
Suerte con todo en sus vidas – que Dios les bendiga e que no les olvidan de disfrutarses del amor de cada dia!
Now playing: Billy Joel - You May Be Right
Our guide counsels us to give bread and school supplies to the children and families we see along the way 
and we pass farmers using hand plows designed in Incan times – almost something out of the Discovery Channel!
is still trying to put on weight before his mother comes down and worries too much, Steve
is still rooting for Shockey every game even if he has to read about the results days after each game . . . Sarah 
is looking forward to heading home to Chicago for Christmas . . . and Juice is busy training her gorgeous new puppy.
And Eme, well she’s still enjoying showing off her desserts!!
: Winston “Big Guns” Harrell, Sarah “Esther” Anderson, and myself, SC. 
Someone had enough of a sense of humor to bring me to my first rodeo !! There’s a saying down here that all true ‘gauchos’ are born on horseback . . . once you get a chance to see these Argentines riding you might just start to believe it !! 
The riders range in age from six years old (on shetland ponies) to late fifties – and this is definitely not the easiest pass time you’ve ever witnessed.
I dunno that I had the courage to do this when I was six . . .and if I could show videos on here you’d really be blown away – those are tough ‘lil kids !!But there is a master of ceremonies
– and he tends to keep things more or less in control . . . most of the time. About 2 minutes after I took this picture: 
that fence she’s sucking on got destroyed by one of the bronking horses (don’t worry, she wasn’t hurt – but I have it on video – AWESOME !!)