Peru – Day 4 - Abancay

Oatmeal in a cup! It’s hard to tell how huge that pitcher is, but trust me, we had enough oatmeal to keep us fed all week. In fact, the next morning there was still oatmeal sitting there for us. 

I think it is still sitting there.

7 passengers in a taxi meant to carry 4? no problem!

I smile!!! Just kiddin!

Come on.

We went to this awesome park/zoo up above the city. We were excited to go see the Condors. I stopped to take a picture with what looked like a baby one on the way.

Pretty sure it is a chicken.

 

Look at that wingspan.

 

Here we are, chillin with Jose and Miguel! Pretty rad kids!

 

This was a sweet bridge! I am surprised no one fell into the water as we all ran across!

 

What a couple of nuts.

 

 

This slide was pretty fast! 

 

Yo soy lo que soy! (We saw this saying on a shirt)

I yam what I yam.

 

 

 

 

Everyone doing their best Condor imitation.

 

Lili with her cousins.

 

Those are a couple of goofy looking ostriches.

 

 

Little Annie Oakley

 

 

 

 

So…on my mission I had a companion named Elder Nuckles. Elder Nuckles loved to go on the teeter totter. Elder Nuckles would say, “Elder Wilkey, I am not going to the next lesson until you get on the teeter totter with me!” I would always say, “No, that’s stupid. All you do every time I get on a teeter totter is you sit down and leave me hangin up there, looking ridiculous.” Then he would say, “No I won’t. Just get on and then we can go to the lesson.” I would then desperately give in and sit on the opposite end as Nuckles. Like usual, like I never could learn my lesson, he would sit down and I would get left hangin in the air. I would then look ridiculous and Nuckles would laugh. This happened multiple times.

Sounds a lot like Elder Nuckles read a lot of Peanuts.

 

 

This bridge was great. The most fun part about it was jumping up and down while Vanessa tried to cross.

 

HAHAHA!! Highlight of the day. I’m sitting there on the couch and my dad comes strolling into the room. All of a sudden a look of pain comes to his face as he yells out “AAGH!” and collapses to the floor. hahaha. ~*Apparently he got stung by a bee*~  hahaha. It was so funny. (He was fine)

How is my pain funny?  Funnier was when the Lili says to Ray a few moments later: “what is that on your shoulder, a bee?” and then Ray jumps off the couch and runs into the other room squealing like a scared little girl. hahahaha