Hello all.
As many of you know, I celebrated a birthday a little while ago. Thanks to all those that sent birthday wishes, I appreciated all the warm wishes.
To celebrate the day, Kristin booked us in to a family quad adventure. We took a 3 hour tour checking out some of the more remote areas close to us. It was a great day and we visited a little town way back in the hills known as the lost town. Apparently the story goes; during the civil war, the army decided that the town would make a great base of operations for the region. They kicked all the residents out, and set up camp. After the war, the army left the town, but no one wanted to return because of the bad memories that the time left in the hearts and minds of the locals. Thus the town sat abandoned for many years. 40 some years later, a family bought the whole town and started rebuilding it. Currently there are only 5 permanent residents of the town, but the family that owns it had built about 50 houses that are for rent, and restaurant, and a small gift shop. All of it run by the same family that bought the place so many years ago. It was really cool, and we have been told the food alone is worth the trip. We will keep it in mind for a fun outing when guests are looking for something to do.
The night of my birthday, Kristin and I got to go out on a date, just the two of us. Every year the town we live in hosts an international guitar competition in memory of Andres Segovia, a world renowned classical guitarists who hailed from La Herradura. For our date, we got to go listen to the finals of the week long competition. There were 6 finalists, and each had to play the same song, with a full orchestra backing them up. It was a great night of live music.
Kristin also had/has another gift for me. She booked a trial flight paragliding for the whole family. We were supposed to do it on Sunday, but the winds were not right, so it has been postponed. In fact, we have met with the pilot 2 times, and both days he canceled the flights. He wants to make sure we get a great trip, instead of just a 60 drop. Today we were with him again waiting for the winds to pick up, and he was telling us about some of the necessary conditions. He even pointed out a para glider who didn't wait for the winds. His flight lasted 56 seconds, where as a usual flight last half an hour or more. He seems very knowledgeable, and both of us like the fact that he is willing to wait until the conditions are ideal before he takes us up!
Beyond that, life is rolling along real smooth. Kristin and I start couples Spanish class this week. We have been taking some free lesson here in town twice a week, but we both decided it was time to get more serious about trying to master/learn the language. Both of us seem to have hit a roadblock, and we are hoping that individual lessons will allow us to clear this hurdle. Keeping our fingers crossed.
The kids are super busy these days, as we have extra curricular activities 5 out of 7 days. the kids are doing track and field twice a week, homework club twice a week, guitar once a week, and tonight we signed them up for another after school activities club that runs twice a week. Needless to say, they are super busy, and so are we running them around to all the different activities. We love it though, and it gives us something to do after school.
Signing off, I just want to say thanks again for all the well wishes.
Shane
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