How does God do it??

Seriously - how did he create such beauty . . .

Quito and the surrounding area was so beautiful, and yet, there was a lot of poverty. I'll write more about my trip next week 'cause I've got too much going on here at work, but I did want to post a few pics.

This is the street outside the American Embassy . . .















me in front of the Embassy . . .















the park in front of my hotel . . .















see the angel on the hill waaaayyy in the back???















same angel . . . up close . . .





















Everything is built on a hill and some of it was modern, but a lot of it was old and falling apart. To me, it added to the beauty of the city. Quito is set in a long, shallow valley at an elevation of 2,800 m (9,200 ft) above sea level - it went for days (it seemed like anyway). Surrounded by green Andes peaks, Quito's weather was warm, but it got cold when it rained (which was every day), even though they're on the equator. Speaking of equator, my next set of pics will show the spot they call Mitad del Mundo.....middle of the earth.....it was amazing!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!