July 7

Ethan, Aaron, Gabe and I went horseback riding to Nauyaca Falls. It was fun and exciting. The horses were in good shape. My horse loved to run and took off ahead. I liked running and figured he knew where to go. He took me up this big hill to a farm. No one else showed up so I thought something was up. We headed back down and went the other way. When we met up with the group, they were eating breakfast. The guides had expected me to be there before. The horse had taken me to his home instead of to the eating place. We ate fresh fruit, cornbread and fried corn and cheese tortillas. YUM! When we headed back out they put me in the back and asked that I not run off anymore. LOL

It had rained the whole day and night the day before so the water at the falls was too much to swim in. Usually you can climb up the falls 75 ft, but the spray from the falls was so great that we were wet from just looking at it. I didn't take out my camera. We hiked to lower falls in hopes of going in the water, but the current was too great.

On the way back we stopped for lunch which again was beautiful. They had 2 scarlet macaws there that were free to roam as well as 2 toucans that allowed people to touch them. There were a bunch of tapir babies as well.

We ran most of the way back to the office (with the horses of course). The boys had a blast. Watching them ride was like a comedy show. We all had a hard time walking to the bus stop.