We interrupt this "chronological broadcast..."

...to let you know that Damaris and I leave tomorrow for three weeks of convention rounds in Colombia.  I'll post the convention list below so you can follow along with us on the map and in your thoughts if you so choose.

Bogotá - Jan. 28 & 29

Pasto - Jan. 29

Medellín (Workers' Meeting) - Feb. 1

Medellin - Feb. 4 & 5

Bucaramanga - Feb. 5

Armenia - Feb. 8

Cartagena - Feb. 11 & 12

Cali - Feb. 12

*Damaris and I will be at the conventions in purple.*

Happy Thanksgiving! (Not in real time)

On Thanksgiving Day this year (2022), four of us sister workers lunched together in the home of Damaris' parents.  Her dad wasn't home, as he's a long-distance trucker, but her mom and sister were there.  We had "build your own" encebollada - a fish soup that is traditional on the coast. 

 

With pineapple for dessert

Some of my favorite landscapes in this country

I love the terrain approaching Tulcán in the very north of Ecuador.  Here are a few shots along that route.

 

Traveling from Lago Agrio to Quito

We could see quite a nice distance from the roof of the restaurant where we stopped for lunch. 

Sorry I can't seem to rotate the picture.

This was my lunch - chicken served on a hot rock. 

It worked!  My last bite of chicken was just as hot as the first bite.

Does YOUR motorcycle have a trunk?

 

Yes, those are on the ceiling...

 

But I think this tile must have once been on the floor.

Sunday supper

After the last meeting at Lago Agrio, four of us workers went to Darwin and Miriam's for a delicious "barbecue" supper.

Getting the "grill" going 

Oh, the anticipation!!!!

Alberto takes charge of the cat.

"Some of that is for me, right???"

My plate

No, I could not eat it all!