Thursday, July 22, 2010

Day Ten

Dear Parents,

Yesterday, we hiked across the Urubamba and up into the mountains for about three hours to reach the quarries from which the Incans excavated the stone they used for the major structures down in Ollanta. The weather was magnificent. A bright blue Andean sky followed us throughout our journey as did the snow capped Veronica, the highest Andean peak in the area. This group of students is a sturdy collection of hikers, and our success on this outing bodes us well as we look forward to our overnight hike this weekend.

We want to apologize for the dearth of video and images on this blog. We have had great trouble this year getting images to upload, and we continue to work on this problem in the afternoons, as we have taken some neat videos, which we know you would all enjoy.

As often happens on these trips, a few of the kids were feeling a bit run down at the beginning of the week; however, no one has been struck down viciously, and I am knocking on wood as I speak! (Along with some kids, I have a bit of a head cold, but nothing that is slowing us down significantly.) We continue to remind the kids to rest plenty in the afternoons, drink plenty of water, and be careful about what they eat and drink. This is a very conscientious group, and we are hopeful that all will remain healthy for the remainder of our time.

Today is another work day – a big day of step building, we anticipate! We’ll have more to report when we return this afternoon.

Thank you, again, for sending your remarkable children with us to Peru. We really can’t say enough about what a pleasure they have been to work with and how well they have come together as a group. We are continually impressed and ever grateful.

Nancy and Craig

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