They tell us that we are in a cloud forest and today was a good example of that. We woke up in the clouds and they persisted until about noon. It was very foggy.
Otherwise, it was a typical day at the Ranch. After breakfast we hiked down to the coffee drying tents to continue work on the fence. In fact, with direction and help from Pablo, Elias, David and Olman we were able to finish everything except for the gate. We strung chain link fence all around the perimeter in the morning and then added barbed wire at the top in the afternoon. It looks like we will move on to a new project tomorrow.
We don't have any pictures to show you, but Martin, Chris and Tom played soccer at recess again today. The goal keeping was spectacular considering that Martin and Tom are in what the Hondurans call the Third Age, which translates into old folks.
Thanks to the generosity of the people supporting our trip we were able to provide enough funds to WGO for other projects beyond what we can complete this week. So, thank you very much to all of you! There are always lots of things that need attention at the Ranch, which is largely because of the weather up here.
A FOGGY START
WORKING ON THE FENCE LINE
PABLO AND ELIAS
SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT
We decided to establish a new unit of measurement in Honduras in honor of the young Honduran who helped us measure the depth of the holes yesterday. From now on everything is to be measured in olmans. One olman is the height of our friend. This post was approximately one and one half olmans long.
AFTER WORKING ALL DAY, WE ARE GENERALLY PRETTY TIRED.
AND HUNGRY!
