Backtracking a little

Rebeca and Jason came to visit me during Spring Break and I was so happy to have them here! When Rebeca had been here about an hour, she said to me that it is so weird that her dad is not here. She said, "He should be sitting on the couch over there!!" Duke and Diablillo were well-behaved dogs while they were here and we all had a good visit. On the 22nd, we had breakfast at Jason's grandfather's house and then we came back home and had most of our family over for a spaghetti and meatball lunch. It was Rebeca and Jason's first visit as husband and wife.
I have not yet heard from Guillermo and Fernando today. They should be on their way to Chiloe, Chile so they are either in the middle of one of those long bus rides or they are on a ferry that left from Puerto Montt. It's most likely that I won't hear from them until tomorrow. :-(

23 more days!

Guillermo and Fernando left on February 15 for their long planned, much anticipated, trip of a lifetime to South America. So far, they have been to Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. As of today they are in Argentina and tomorrow are headed back into Chile where they will be taking two long bus rides and one ferry to the island of Chiloe. The highlights of their trip so far have been seeing Machu Picchu, the city of La Paz, Bolivia, and the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. They have also dealt with maniacal taxi drivers, bus strikes, rioting in the streets and plenty of days where they don't see paved roads.
I have been holding down the fort back at home and so far it's been fairly easy, since we haven't had any rain, so there's been no grass to mow. That might be changing real soon with the little rains we've had lately. I've included a picture of the yellow tulips in our front yard - thanks Linda!
I would write more, but I need to write Guillermo his nightly email - so I'll add to this blog tomorrow.