Hola, All!
Update on mom; she has moved into a retirement center in Round Rock and seems to like it. And, of course, the work continues on clearing out her house.
Last week I went on a tour where they grow sugar cane. This particular place also was growing coffee, bananas, plantains, pineapple and some kind of squash that I had never heard of, and all grown organcally. Way up in the trees were a couple of sloughs. Did you know that they stay in the trees and only come down once a week to defecate? Can you imagine the size; I was definitely looking where I was walking! The system that they use to extract the sugar from the cane looked so antiquated; they even still use oxen to collect the cane and take it into the barn. Also, because everything is grown on the side of a mountain, any kind of natural products that they spray on the cane and fruit has to all be done by hand. Oh, they also grow some kind of berries that have to be havested by hand also. Near the end we got to make some candy out of the sugar; we could even add coconut, peanuts or chocolate to it. A little bit went a long way since it was so sweet. All in all it was a very interesting tour.
Someone is waiting to use the computer so must sign off.
Love you; chao for now,
Dawnie
Hi Dawnie,
ReplyDeleteWhat fun you are having! I wish I was there too. I always wanted to do a language exchange when I was in high school in Florida. It would have been great. One girl from our class did the whole summer and came back totally fluent.
Anyway, we miss you, but have a great experience and take lots of pictures. I look forward to speaking to you when you get back. Maybe we could try some spanish, although I am totally a novice.
Take care,
Carol C from Toastmasters
Hi Dawnie - again, more fun and learning! I am SO glad you are having this opportunity and adventure. I was amazed when I learned about how sloths only come down once a week (one of my students once researched sloths and did a research project about it so I learned a lot form that student that year) - I have heard an expression when someone is called a sloth it is like saying they are lazy, but sloths really aren't lazy at all - their life style is just the way they have adapted to living in the trees. Have you seen any coatimundi (also called coati) yet? They are related to the raccoons we have and wandered all over the places where we visited in Costa Rica. Love you, Jan W
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