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Final Packing

The road must be open again. A horde of trucks, buses, and cars just went roaring by the house for the past ten minutes. There was a landslide on the Baños road between Mera and Río Negro around 8 AM this morning. That is exactly what I am praying will not happen on Monday morning when we leave for Quito. We had some hard rain last night, and in general June is a rainy month. Two other families are driving up to Quito in vans this morning, but they had planned a late start and weren't affected. Earlier this morning Taylor and I walked over to say goodbye. Two of the boys leaving were in his class. Sam is from Germany, and his dad has been working as the anesthesiologist in the HCJB hospital here in Shell. Sam and his family are leaving for good. Luke is Taylor's best friend, and his family is going on a summer furlough to the US.

Yesterday Ellyn and I packed suitcases. We were thinking we'd have no problem fitting everything into seven pieces of luggage. The eighth piece will be my mountain bike. As it turns out, we will just barely have enough room for everything in our suitcases, and our carry-on bags will be very full. We head up to Quito on Monday morning with another family, all on a chartered bus.