Hello again.
I guess our noble goal of blogging
everyday or two was just a pipe dream. Turns out life catches up
with you no matter what part of paradise you live in. I will
endeavour to catch up with all that has happened to the Boisjoli Clan
since our lst update.
The Good.
In-law arrival, We had the whole clan
here for a family holiday. Ruth and Earl showed up for a few days
alone, and then the cousins showed up. We had a few real nice
relaxing quite days showing R&E around the town, and taking in
some of the local flavor, and then when everyone arrived, we had an
incredibly action packed week of non-stop activity. Group trips
included a short (13km) hike through the Alpujarra range in a
torrential downpour. According to our map, it was supposed to be
8km, but apparently we read the map wrong. Not withstanding the
distance, the hike was amazing, following an old spice trail through
the mountains, with serious elevation drop, gain, drop and gain. We
hiked past old roman ruins, ancient structures, a fruit grove, and
through a couple real quaint little towns. It did start raining
about halfway through the hike, and I had fears of a few implosions,
but everyone was a real trooper, and even though it was the coldest
day we've had here, no one complained much....except that there was
no hot chocolate at the end!!!!
Following the hike, we headed out to
trek the Caminito Del Rey trail. If you haven't heard of it, I would
suggest googling it. At one point it was considered the most
dangerous hike in all of Europe. Fortunately, the trail was revamped
into a leisurely stroll. For all those who are coming to visit us,
read up on it, as we think it's one of the definite must do's here.
After 2 days of hiking, everyone
decided a day off at the beach was called for, so we ordered up the
tropical Spanish sunshine, and spent a day relaxing, paddling,
swimming, kayaking down on the beach. It might have even been 2
days. Sunburns were had by all, but that was the whole point!!! During the paddle, we saw a whole line of jelly fish floating in the water. There must have been a couple hundred of them, and they had the most amazing colors. We didn't risk swimming with them, as we didn't know if they were the stinging ones or not. We did get some great pictures though! And speaking of pictures, at the end of the day, the kids decided to hit the water for a quick cool down, and stumbled onto a big octopus. Not a giant pacific one, but a good sized one for this area. It was amazong, because it stayed around and played instead of hiding like they normally do.
Another day, we drove into Granada, and
toured through the Alhambra. Again, Google this one, as it's another
must see. 3 hours strolling the grounds, following the footsteps of
the ancient Sultans, Caliphs, Kings, and conquerors was amazing.
Throw in a trip to the Caves of Nerja
and it was a action packed week.
The Bad.
While everyone was here, we had a major rainstorm, which knocked out the power to the entire community. We didn't think much of it, as we had planned to leave for the day, and figured it would be repaired by the time we got back. Arriving back the the house after dark, we were glad to see the street lights on, but found out when we got in the house, the power was still out. The rain was so heavy, it fried the power meter at the street, and we were left in the dark. Close to 3 days, without power, and 10 people makes for some cozy living. Also, we had just bought a fridge full of food, so scratch those meals.
2 Days before the power outage, we woke
up to a water issue...specifically, no water in the house.
Fortunately, it was just a temporary issues, as crews were working on
the hydrants, and shut the water down....only they went away for
siesta time and didn't turn the water back on while the were away.
Who really needs water for about 5 hours? Answer pools, automatic
pumps and filter system, and other irrigation fields. The house
above us must have had there pool system timer set to run during the
water outage, as we heard their pump start, wind up, get real loud,
and then go into alarm....followed by no more pump noises for a
couple days. When we did get the water back, it ran brown from the
taps for a couple hours, and had varying pressure, so it would spit
and surge when the taps were opened. Made for interesting showers
and flushes!!
Since we have Internet today, I will
post this portion of the blog, and work on the ugly section offline.
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