Parque Metropolitano

Today we decided to try out another park.  We took the two buses to where we thought the entrance was located.  We started walking up the hill to the park.  It was straight up hill for about a mile and then where we thought you could enter there was a wall.  No big deal, we had a map so we tried another street which seemed to dead end into a field.  We walked down the street and then up and there were no signs so we asked a guard at one of the really nice condos and were told to enter the field and start walking up.  We did and were greeted with a really nice forest and hiking and biking trails.  Melayna was getting tired already so me tied her to Matt's back and then my chest with our jackets.  It worked really well.  We walked for a while and found the playground equipment.  The park was huge.  There were trails everywhere and playgrounds every once in a while along the park.  There was a dog training area, soccer fields, basketball courts and a volleyball court.  We also saw some great shelters for picnic lunches and a little house for the kids to play in which they loved.  When we were done playing and ready for lunch we walked out the other side of the park and down the big hill.  We found as we walked three more big parks that are all part of the collection of parks that make the Metropolitano.  We will have to go back a few more times to see what all there is to explore.  We headed back on the bus and as we got to our stop it was pouring down rain so we picked up the kids and rushed home.  We all changed and had a really good lunch and then a rest.  Lucas read a book to Matt and he was impressed with how much better his reading had gotten this week.  He is taking off. 

Tonight we get our new roommate. He is a University of Kentucky Physical Therapy student who will be hanging out with Matt and I for eight weeks.  It is the start to a new portion of our stay here and we are excited.  He does not get in until late tonight so we will meet him in person tomorrow. 

We plan to surprise Lucas and Melayna and take them to a soccer game here which I think they will love.  Looking forward to more adventures.

Waiting on our bus

We found this building to remind us of home

A little overcast but a pretty view from the park of Quito

Hiking with our contraption.  It worked better on the front of me.

He made it to the top

Melayna had to try it too

A little cement soccer field