Happy 14th Bday Emily!!

Jan 21st


Yummy! Cinnamon roll pancakes for breakfast!
She wanted to go swimming, so we went out to Lago Escondida. We took out pepperoni pizza rollups.

Dad and Peter looking out at hte lake...



Emily headed out...


Philip and Emily are trying to push out a log...didn't work that great the current kept pushing it back in


Philip


Post in the lake


The Lago


Power pole


Flowers


Calafates. Very very yummy in icecream!!


Mountains



Flowers again


Orange!


Path beyond the gate


Emily and the moutain


The mountains behind the lake



Power pole and moutains


Emily stores her flowers through my backpack


Mom and Emily


The tree grew around the fence....


Dad and Mom


Clouds and Mountains


Fishing


Me


What is this??? A lightcover!


A new laundry basket


Sunset on clouds


Emily with her new fan on her new swing


The swing


Happy Birthday Emily!!!

Deepening the well.....

Our well ran dry a bit ago because we were too shallow. So we yanked out the pipe, bought an extension and had to pound it back in. We went down 35 feet or so.... Here is our journey!!



getting it all set up. Dad hooked a rope from the pounder to the trailer. Then we all stood at he back of the trailer and pushed it up. Then let it go with a bang and it drove the pipe in. Our nieghbour came over and saw our set up and said... You never do anything normal!!!!



The pounder is the the bottom several inches of a 5 gallon bucket that is filled with cement and has a meter long pipe stuck in the middle. You put the pipe inside the pipe in the well and raise and drop it to pound in the pipe.


Tying the rope on to pound. After a while, the rope snapped and we had to chance to a chain.


Dad is in the well, standing on the pounder. The more weight the faster and farther it goes in. I will try to post a video at the bottom for you to see how we did it...


Hauling Dad out of the well.


Our very nice neighbour came over and helped us pound and pound!


our pump. We are trying to pump all the rock salt, sand and rocks out of the pipe.


Dad trying to get the pump we borrowed from a neighbour to work


Dandy the visiting dog (she lives by the river, but plays all over town) Getting a drink after running with the boys.


Lorin keeping the suction on the borrowed pump. Ci wants to help!


Dad Bill and Dandy trying to figure out the pump.


Putting Daddy in the well.




Us pushing up and slamming down the trailer




The shriek at the first is just Peter making noises while pushing....

Epuyén Fire

There is a fire in Epuyén down the mountain from us... These are pictures of the smoke from our own backyard.......

Asado again! Yummy!

Luis and Norma invited us out for another asado. We took cupcake and strawberry Icecream. I make homemade icecream and they love it! We arrived a bit late so the chivo was cooked more. It was so good! My favorite part is the ribs. They are nice and crisp.
We wish we could share with you! And share it is! The chivo is just set on the table on some old carboard. Knives and bread are dropped on the table around it. They make lettuce salads, tomato and onion salads, and at times mashed potatoes. 2 forks are put in each dish and you just ask for the dish you want and eat off the fork in it and then hand it off to the next person. It is a really great method because there is very little dishes to wash! We would all love to share cups, forks and food with you! :)



Getting the Asado set up YUMMY!! This one was the best ever!


Philip making the goats his friends with fresh green leaves. They have eaten all the leaves close enough for them to reach off the trees and bushes.


Visiting before we leave...in the shade! Jaja It was a very warm day!


Lucrecia


A friend of Luis went hunting Wanaco and gave him the skin. Luis hung it on a tree to dry. Wanaco is kinda like a llama....



A Goat hide is on another branch.

Peter and his pet goat. she followed him all over. :)


Gramma and Denis!


As we headed back, we saw Ñandu again!! this time Mom was able to get a pretty good shot of them on the road and I cropped it way it.