NICE TIME IN SOUTH AMERICA...

MARION AND I VISITED MIKE, MARGO AND THE KIDS FOR 10 DAYS.  JUST GOT BACK.  THE COLD FEELS A BIT COLDER BUT IT SURE MAKES YOU KNOW YOU ARE ALIVE.  SOME PICS FROM THE TRIP.  I WISH EVERYONE COULD GET THE CHANCE TO SEE THE PLACES IN ECUADOR.
                                   THE YELLOW LINE OF THE "FAKE EQUATOR"

SEE THE BULL RING

OUR CREW

LOOKS LIKE THE RIVER DUNNINGS :)

ON CONTACACHI VOLCANO (13,001 FEET) THE VIEW WAS THE SAME AS FROM NEAR THE TOP OF CROAGH PATRICK (2,507 FEET)...ALL GREY WITH VISIBILITY OF ABOUT 100 FEET.  TO GET THAT HIGH WE TOOK A CABLE CAR TO ABOUT 12,300 FEET SO IT WAS A BIT OF CHEATING  :)  CAN'T SEEM TO GET A CLEAR DAY FOR THESE SPOTS WITH GREAT VIEWS...MAYBE NEXT TIME!

THE "REAL" EQUATOR IS JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF THE "FAKE" ONE.  THE DIFFERENCE CAME WHEN THE USE OF GPS ALLOWED BETTER MEASUREMENT.    THE GOVERNMENT THERE MAY NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT THE BIG INVESTMENT IN THE FAKE ONE IS A BIT OFF THE MARK.  BOTH EQUATORS ARE FUN VISITS  :)