Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Our Trip with Greg to Otovalo


A few months ago we had the pleasure of showing our son-in-law, Greg Gardner around our City. He was here on a business trip, we were thrilled to see him. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with him on Friday evening then on Saturday we hired our good friend Patricio to drive us for the day. We went to a beautiful very old Hacienda, "La Cusin." It is about 400 years old. The tapistries were just remarkable. There were beautiful gardens,it has been converted to a hotel/bed and breakfast. We had a very nice lunch and then drove on further to the marketplace in Otovalo. It is a huge open-air market and there are also some small shops which Greg loves brouse. It is very famous market. The weather turned rainy and we cut our shopping short. Dad did buy a black felt hat and an "Ecuadorian Poncho." We then drove home. I'm sure Greg, because of his world travels, was not as impressed as he thought he would be. Actually, we went there our last mission. We were able to barter more last time and seemed to be smaller this time. He was glad to have made the trip. We had a good day.
I will continue to do little stories until we get caught up on time. We love Ecuador.

2 comments:

McNary's Blog-log said...

You need to add the picture of Dad trying to be a wanna-be gangsta!! I laughed so hard at that picture. What a geezer!! Just kidding Dad. I love ya!

William Whitaker said...

Cheryle dear,

You are leading us astray when you refer to yourself as a "senior missionary". Granted, the old guy your companion certainly fits the bill, but you are still a babe.

Therefore, remember to refer to yourselves as "senior missionary and his gorgeous babe companion."

What a great team you must make. You get the doors open and Richard drags them to church!

We are thrilled to be enjoying the coldest wettest winter in Utah in years. Last week I was literally wading through thigh-deep snow in Midway. Now don't you wish you were here?

Bill