A lot has changed since I last had time to sit down at a computer and write something. The day I ran out to the crossroads was the last quiet day until today. The day after that almost all of the interns arrived as well as the volunteers. This is the best explanation for why I haven't been particularly in communication... lots of people dropping in and out with a variety of distracting things to do. The interns (of which there are now 9 total) will all be here for at least 3 months, some for quite a lot longer. There are trail builders, landscapers, volunteer leaders, and an english teacher. The "volunteers" will be here for about a month and their main task is to remove fences and invasive species (my favorite code word for weeding). It's been a good change of pace to have a lot of people wandering around equally lost for words in Spanish and trying to sort out their job responsibilities.
We also had our first guests to the lodge, which threw my normal life schedule completely into the wind. Instead of late breakfasts and tromps in the woods, it was up at 6:30, work until 12:30 then back again at 3:30 until around 11:00pm... These guests only stayed 4 days before being whisked away in one of the private planes used in the area. They were a lovely group of travel agents though and it was nice to have Spanish speaking guests at the lodge. As soon as they left, a family from Britain showed up and they are absolutely delightful. They are pretty much self sufficient though as we just had to make them one dinner and one breakfast and they are taking care of themselves for the rest of the time.
I've still been going on some lovely walks and my spanish is improving... no complaints!
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