A Road Trip

In February we took a little road trip to Talcahuano and on up to Tumbes. They had this great exercise park in Talcahuano that looked out over the ocean. The view was beautiful.

We had fun watching the birds along the coast.

View of Tumbes from the road.

You could just see small fishing boats in the harbor at Tumbes.

This fisherman was cleaning and filleting his catch of the day. People were standing in line to buy fresh fish from him.

Tumbes is a little town at the end of the road. You can go no further on this road, if you keep going straight, you go straight into the ocean. If you try to go left or south you go straight up a mountain. So you just go back the same way you came.

One of the several fish stands.

At the end of the road.

One of the ways they make their living is by drying seaweed. The seaweed is then sold to companies to be put in shampoos and beauty products. It doesn't seem to matter that people and dogs run or walk through it or that sometimes a car will back over it. Kind of crazy!

One of the neighborhoods in Tumbes.

Fishermen washing their boat.

Fish is drying on the clothesline. After it is dried they sell it at the market.

Leaving Tumbes.

Another picture leaving Tumbes.

Horse drawn cannon on our way back from Tumbes.

A load of firewood.

Overlooking Talcahuano.

Red-neck roses, the best kind!

We even found a yard sale, who would have thought?

It made me feel right at home.

Talcahuano Norte Chapel

Talcahuano Sur Chapel

Fun in February

This is Elder L and I outside of a German pastry shop in Concepcion. We like to go here on our girl's day out, that would be me, the mission nurse, the President's wife and the secretaria from the South mission. Sometimes us girls need to have a tiny escape to laugh and eat chocolate.

This is one of the other walls of the building. You can see the German influence.

One of the fun things about Chile is that you can see random cows or horses grazing in the park right in downtown Concepcion. Just always, always watch where you walk!

This is Elder L's very favorite cheese store. He buys queso despunte here every week.

He has to get there in the morning to get that kind of cheese because it is very popular.

Elders Harrison, Castro, Johnson and Elder Evans the AP. These are part of the new missionary group, this picture was taken Feb 13th.

Hermanas Dunne, Jennings, Blau, Arndt and Vasquez also new missionaries.

Elders Zevallos, Castro Diego, AP Morgan and Pillar.

Elders Madiana, Lozano,---------, Martinez and Harrison.

Elder Flores and Elder Hualinga. Elder H. has had to have surgery on his foot.

Elders Vasques, Bianco, Encarnacion and Vasquez.

The office elders and AP's having fun with a bouquet that was delivered to a hermana in our mission for Valentine's day. The only problem was that the hermana was located about 4 hours away. So she didn't get her flowers for a few days but we sure enjoyed them in the office.

We celebrated Hermana Arrington's birthday on Feb 14th with a surprise lunch with the office staff and couples located in the Concepcion area. Her birthday wasn't until next week but her and the Presidente were going to be out of town.

This man was dressed up and acting like a wind-up toy in downtown Concepcion. He was interesting to watch and the crowd was fascinated by him.

You really see some interesting sites living in the city!