Peru 2012 {Part 2}

This village had an amazing view. We were at about 12, 000 ft here. And still looking up. 

 Hello, lamb. 

 We walked over to the top of the hill. It. Was. Amazing. 

My favorite picture. :) Adorable! They loved to pose for pictures. 

So. Amazing. 

 This is looking down on the city of Hauraz. 

Our 4th of July feast in Peru. Haha. (Hamburgers not pictured.)

Oh! Machu Picchu! That was pretty awesome too. 

Those would be the steps I died on. There were way to many. 

Looking over the entire city. 

Okay, random guinea pigs. This was at the same village with the chickens. See the cute little baby ones?

Ok, I'm going to go look for other random good ones...

This shows you a little bit how much they loved bubbles. Just imagine screams and laughter to go along with this. (The downside to this is you can't go anywhere without at least 5 kids following you because they know the fun things you have. But trust me, that was just fine.  :))

So there you go. A little bit of Peru and it's awesomeness. 

-grace

Peru 2012 {Part 1}

Peru is a really, really cool country, as you shall see.

This is outside the Lima airport. We arrived in Peru at about 9 PM after  a 2 hour flight into Miami from STL, an 8 hour layover in Miami, and finally a 5 1/2 hour flight to Lima. 

 Done travelling. (Until the next day, at least)

 We drove along the atlantic ocean for awhile on the 8 hour bus ride to Huaraz, Peru. 

This was part of the complex we stayed in in Huaraz. And mountains! This was what we looked at everyday. It was more amazing in person. We were at 10, 000 feet here. 

 And a lovely sunset. :)

This was the line to the clinic the first day. There were lots of people. We ended up seeing about 130 that day. 

 There was an old 3 wheeler car thingy there. It was kind of popular. 

 This little girl and I were pretty good buddies by the the end of the day. She was the very last one to leave, and was pretty attached to me. :)

The 2nd village we went to was probably my favorite. We went there 2 days in a row. And the kids there were absolutely adorable. 

Here we go. Traditional Quechuan outfit. 

This was in there little school. 

All the girls wear scarves too. :)

This is what happens when you're pharmacy opens up to a yard with chickens. They come in and visit you. This chicken was the really scary chicken though. I mean, look at it. 

Ok, there are still a ton more pictures, but I'm going to post part 1. :)

-grace

Stockton, MO {in pictures} and other adventures.

How would you like to come to the very, very tiny town of Stockton. Hey, it has 3,000 people.

If it makes you feel any better, the town you go through coming in has only about 300. The town in the other direction consists of an intersection. I'm serious. It was called Bonna. But make sure you pronounce it "Bonnie", or else you'll get some funny looks.

Anyway, pictures. It was rainy and cold.

This is my Grandpa's cousin's front yard. Yes, he has a plane. I don't think anyone could fly it. It was cool. So I took a picture.

 This is the Stockton Lake. It is HUGE. Seriously. When they dammed it to make the lake, they said it would take a year to fill. It ended up filling in about 2 months, or something ridiculously short.

Somewhere in this lovely field, people (meaning my relatives) think my great-great grandfather was born. We're always very detailed people.

Heather took this. I think it is cool. Ergo I am posting it.

Cemetery in which the person who was born in the field (okay, that sounds weird. There was a house in the field, guys. We aren't the farm-y.) was buried. Actually, he was a twin. His twin was buried somewhere else. Yes, twins run in my family.

More Stockton Lake. Taken on the Mile Long Bridge, which is pretty awesome.

This plant (haha, weed) is strangely symmetrical and mesmerizing, so I needed to share it all to make you mesmerized too. You are very welcome.

Oh, oh, oh. My favorite photos. My grandpa's other cousin has a farm. On top of a wonderful hill. That makes me want to pack up everything and move to said hill.

This is their bull. He wasn't that friendly. Not to mention kinda big.

Ah, another cemetery. And you know what I found absolutely amazing? Supposably, the first person who was buried here (who happens to be related to us) looked out the window of his house one day and decided he wanted to be buried on this hill. And guess what? IT WAS ON A HILL. Don't ask me why, but it really amazed me. It was like I could look around and imagine where his house was. Freaky.

And, random tree in the cemetery.

And just to give you an idea of how cool these people are: It's pretty hard to see, but this guy painted a flag and wrote "Land that I love" on the roof of his barn. :)

Looking back, I really wish I had taken more pictures... so hopefully I'll go back someday.

It very much excited me that we were so close I could see the "23" on Freese's jersey. :)

Moving on, we went to a Cardinal's game last Friday. And we were sitting this close. I've never sat this close before, and it's still pretty far away. But I turned to my dad and said, "You can see the people!" Imagine that. And they won 13-1. Not bad. AND we saw the World Series Trophy. The most shocking part was that they gave out pictures for free. No, "How 'bout you buy a ticket for the green seats, and then we'll give you this lovely picture?"

And end of adventures post.

-grace