Ecuador - Day 30

Inside of Outside

Last day of work. Chainsaw morning. Mushroom logs and palm walk to new greenhouse with Romain and Ashton. After lunch, moved the pigs and brought more logs from below, than macheted through the jungle to the water source, up a creek, to cave. Cleared out the dam. Very col. Broke a pipe. Fixed a pipe. Saw a big snake. Black, maybe 1.5 m long, and fast. Dinner corn cake deliciousness, with a real cake with sprinkles for dessert. One last Ingo story time.

Ecuador - Day 29

Inside of Outside

Tired today. Ashley is still sick, not getting better. Fixed the corral 1st. Helped fix a fence. Then hiked up the mountain to clear some area and make more logs. Did some tarp adjustments. Got soaked with rain after lunch under the tarp. Sme people complaining about cutting down trees. Thunder! Fed the pigs. Dozer got left behind. Dinner of potatoes in delicious white sauce and scrumptious cabbage rolls. Played with Laia -- watermelon, bread, and paper. Mountains are still amazing.

Ecuador - Day 28

Inside of Outside

Spent the morning hiking through the jungle, machete-ing and rappelling our way to the river. Creeked all the way back to the road, checking every trail and pasture along the way. Found and ate some naranjillas. No horse though. Ingo and Genny return. Ingo isn't too upset. Fixed the pig pen and trained the donkey, and redid the carport. Finished the cob book. Excited to try it out. Played multi-lingual broken telephone and then an early-ish bed time.

Ecuador - Day 27

Inside of Outside

Pretty relaxed day. I'm tired of making decisions though. Fed all the animals extra food and molasses. Pigs are fun. 3 people went on a useful walk to find the missing horse but no luck. ne neigbour thinks their hired hand saw it up by the river. Tried to give a shot to Whitey again and got kicked in the hip. Rode the horses to the other pasture to see if the missing horse had gone there. Picked lemons on the way back. Sebastien is good company. Played President, French / Swiss style. Wish we had a chore matrix.

Ecuador - Day 26

Inside of Outside

Spent the morning mostly with the horses. One is missing. Corralled the other 3, treated for ticks, and gave two shots. Chainsawed some posts while on a ladder. Kind of sketchy. Brought up some logs to make mushrooms with. Worked on the cowhide and sliced my finger open. Ribs for dinner. Delicious! Kinda surprised. A very hot wood heated hot tub night. ashley isn't sick anymore. We moved into our own room downstairs with a bug net! Feels like a fort.

Ecuador - Day 25

Inside of Outside

After bkfast, lost a 5 day old calf. Found it. Carried it to slaughter. Held its twitching body. Helped skin and gut it. Cleaned it. Ate it later. Roast leg. Tried liver and lung. Created an awesome tarp shelter for a pile of timber. Cut barbed wire, and moved logs for a fence. Washed my clothes -- filthy. Ingo and Genny are leaving for a couple of days and I'm in charge. Huh. 9 Woofers here still. Jurgen and Nele are leaving. To bad. Really like them.