Sunday Evening with Friends

Once the kids returned from their nature walk with Rocio, the three families came up with a plan to revisit La Burger for Sunday dinner. Sam and Anne had never been there, and it was a perfect place to spend the afternoon. We had beer and wine, and the kids patiently did some art projects while awaiting their food.

As usual, the burgers were amazing, and Sam and Fernando got one of their steaks which was superb. The kids ran around out back of the restaurant when they finished, and we hung out and talked. A few other families some of us knew were there as well, so we had a few drop-by visitors. Like I said, there are a lot of interconnections in this town.

After dinner, we came home and then went to the El Charco Ingenio nature preserve for a stargazing event. December 13 is a good meteor shower night, and although the visibility wasn't great, two shooting starts were spotted. (A shooting star in Spanish is called estrella fugaz - literally "fugitive star". How cool is that.) A professional astronomer was talking about the shooting stars, and they had some telescopes set up as well, along with a bonfire. It was a cool event.

Since the next day is a school day, we came home around 8:30 and everyone but me went to bed right away. Liz and Fernando's family spent the night as well.

Sam and Anne's family, and Liz and Fernando's family, are both awesome. The kids all play great with Bryce and Laurel, especially the eight-year-olds Reddy and Fernando, and having both families to be with at the same time was a real treat. As were on our last week here, it's painfully obvious that we're really going to miss these guys.