Mountain property

I spoke too soon yesterday about an end to power outages. The power went off again this morning at about 7:25, but came on again about 8:10. Since almost all previous outages started just after an even hour, and ran for either two or three hours, this was an anomaly, and we hope that future outages are rare, but we can deal with whatever comes, we hope.

In any case, late this morning I received a call from Perry, who has his office on the first floor of our apartment building. He is an American from Ohio, living here with his wife and five-year-old son, McKay. I had offered some time back to go with him out to a property he has out in the boonies, to look into setting up a slow-rate sand filter for use as potable water there.

He finally was ready to head out, as he had purchased a backhoe, and it was ready to go. The folks he got it from had it loaded on a truck, and we met them where he turns off of the highway to go to his property. Here is the backhoe being unloaded from the truck.Perry drove the backhoe from here up to his property, and here are some pictures from along the way. It is an area with spectacular scenery.


These horses ran along side our car at one point as we headed higher into the mountains.Here is the pond on Perry's property. It is at an elevation of about 9500 feet, and at the very end of the road. We plan to head back out in a few days with a level and rod so I can get some elevation measurements to help with planning the filter.As we left, we passed these three girls on horseback. It looks like a very patient and sturdy horse.Here is another shot of the mountains and valleys looking back in the direction of Cuenca. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the area. In many ways it looks like the mountains of Colorado, but here the weather is always summer.