anniversary v2.0 (tory edition)
Posted by torytolles | Filed under Honduras
NB: If you’re reading about the political chaos in Honduras going down, know that we’re safe and sound! Fear not!
So please forgive me for not updating our home-making section yet (and for skipping it entirely in Liberia), but please know that it is coming.
However, I just went through all 467 photos from our anniversary celebration weekends and really wanted to share them first. Chris (I’m speaking for him) will be doing his own version and I’m sure the marked discrepancies between what we each find important to share will prove to be hilarious. At least to us.
For those of you we have not told, we had two weekend adventures to celebrate our two years of marriage. Next year, I’m looking forward to three weekends : ) The first weekend we travelled to Copan, a small Honduran town made famous by 800-1200 year old Mayan ruins. The ruins were themselves unspeakably amazing, as was the horseback riding and natural hot springs, but I think that these pictures convey much more.
We made friends at Copan’s amazing bird sanctuary. All of the birds seemed really healthy, the staff really knowledgeable, and the birds friendly.
At least, the Great Green Macaw was. The Red Macaw, the Honduran national bird, just wanted Chris’s wedding ring.
And his hair.
I hereby issue a challenge: find a bird with more character than a toucan. Go ahead and try. Then look at this guy and not admit defeat.
And that about sums up Copan. Do you hear Chris’s good-natured, indignant exclamation over my claim that is the totality of our first weekend? I definitely do : ) But moving on…
We spent our second anniversary weekend hiking in La Tigra National Park. Yes, it is called the Tiger, but no, there are not any wild tigers in this hemisphere. ”Tiger” just refers to a large wild cat. Like the more populous jaguar.
Chris and I spent an incredible three days hiking. On Friday we hiked from the bus stop up this ridiculous dirt road to this tiny bed and breakfast in the middle of nowhere, El Rosario, Honduras. The view was definitely worth the sweaty hike up. We hiked all day Saturday, exploring abandoned mines (like the one above), waterfalls, and wildlife. You should ask Chris about his encounter with a bat family.
During our hike down to the bus on Sunday, we happened upon this beetle. How did God create something that looks this cool?
Our anniversary celebration weekends reminded me of three important facts:
1. I am horrendously out of shape. I have not been this sore since I (stupidly) ran 15 miles the day after I returned from my weeks aboard the Cramer.
2. Animals are ridiculous. My favorite part of teaching science is that I always have an excuse for learning about really neat topics. Why do I subscribe to five different Scientific American weekly news feeds? It’s for my job, OBVIOUSLY…
3. [Drum roll, please]…Marriage is awesome! There is nothing more fun than adventuring with my best friend. Unless of course it is the eagerly anticipated setting up a long-term, year-long home with my best friend. We will be in Boston in less than two months - how is that possible that the year is almost over?!
