After our rather shattering Sunday we elected to stay put Monday and do what the Royal Navy calls “make and mend.” For us making and mending usually involves cleaning and cooking and so it was.
The pleasure of the Promaster is being able to throw open the back and side doors so the van interior feels likes more like a covered porch with air and sunlight streaming in. Outside we could see the local mountains cultivated on vertical slopes almost to the top. How the locals do that I have no idea.
As Layne pointed out a sunny day makes it easy to enjoy van life especially when we’ve had so few lately. She then got the air fryer out and got to work menu planning.
I did the cleaning part wiping down the back doors that were showing some grime inside, I set up Starlink as the WiFi is a bit weak and we shared it with Jan and Caroline who spent the morning home schooling their offspring.
Jan is on a sabbatical from his job in Belgium and it is not unusual to see European families touring Latin America. Of course any American family foolhardy enough to suggest driving to Mexico with children would be put in a social media strait jacket.
We didn’t leave the campground but did go for a walk alone. The biggest drawback to this place isn’t the showers which are hot but it’s Rusty. He hardly left his bed in GANNET2 all day. Partly he was tired and slept but the campground Labrador is young and rambunctious and there are farm animals nearby and he seemed to get a negative dog vibe.
That was a pity as I took off with my camera across the fields and enjoyed the blues and greens anchored of a sunny day in the Andes at 11,000 feet.
The plan is to go south and check out some Inca ruins which are closed until Wednesday and then our last stop in Ecuador which is the city of Cuenca, said to beautiful. We shall investigate and may it be sunny.
From Cuenca to the border with Peru is four hours and from there it’s a two hour drive down the coast to a beach campground with an excellent reputation. Sea level and 85 degree warmth sounds most inviting.
Meanwhile the pleasure of a sunny day she cheerful company our Belgian friends is not to be underestimated. Layne got a comment saying we didn’t like Ecuador; the truth is I don’t like the approaches to Chimborazo. Later the author of the comment living in Ecuador posted about finding a starving dog at a her house.
Rusty’s disdain is pushing us on to try another campground closer to the Inca remains otherwise we’d stay here but he can’t drive another day napping in the van. He is a member of the crew and gets his vote too on where we stop.
A day in the sun. What a pleasure.
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