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The sun sets. - leslie swings
Leslie found a swing. - jenn in the woods
Leslie and Jenn went out for a short hike in the woods. - setting
On 10/11, Leslie headed to the Santa Cruz mountains for the TFA October retreat. A day of workshops, bonding with old acquaintances, a free massage, and mutual bitching about how freakin hard this is. The setting: a Bahai retreat in a redwood forest. - leyla christiaan
Leyla and Christiaan kick it on the "prayer island," actually a platform in the middle of a swamp. Peaceful. - fire drill group 2
A mandatory fire drill gave Leslie the opportunity to capture some large group shots. - fire drill group
fire drill group - P6110015
Although this picture doesn't do a very good job of capturing it, there was a gasoline distribution strike going on most of the time I was in Ecuador, creating lines for gas over a mile long at every gas station in the city. Whether the lines were actually caused by a shortage or just a fear of a shortage, we were never able to tell. - P6110014
Jeff was delighted by this sign at the Jardin mall. I'll leave the translation as an exercise for the reader. - P6110011
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We visited Parque Carolina, a huge park in the middle of Quito, which was quite nice, though mostly bereft of people. - Hillcrest
After another fried dough ball ("iri") in Little Italy for breakfast, Bryan and Leslie use their last morning to explore the lovely neighborhood of Hillcrest (here obscured by a bus). - Bryan asleep
Tuesday ends; Bryan sleeps. - PICT0025 003
Bryan and Paul, on the street (and in front of the chocolate shop...) - PICT0024 002
Dinner: paella at a Spanish restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter. - PICT0023 003
Blue blood just coursing through his veins. - PICT0022 002
Bryan looking like old money in the lobby. - PICT0021 003
A swanky gift shop inside the hotel, offering bathrobes just like Marilyn wore! - PICT0020 002
Sand! - PICT0018 003
"Hotel del" - PICT0017 004
They go to Coronado Island (specifically: the Hotel del). - PICT0016 003
Still waiting. - PICT0015 003
After a nap, they wait in the hotel lobby for Paul, a friend of Bryan's, to pick them up and sweep them away. - PICT0014 003
Bryan under the tree. [not pictured: the extensive walking around the park, the museum of photography--free admission tuesdays!] - PICT0013 003
More view. (it was so peaceful until the children came--the herds of squealing children) - PICT0012 003
Knee and botanical building. - PICT0011 003
More view, and knees.