It´s been a while. . .

So here are some photos from the past month or so. I went on a long weekend a little over a month ago to La Sierra de Segura. Gabriel and I went as the transfer drivers for Antonio and his mountain biking clients. We would drop them off at a point and then go pick them up somewhere else. In the meantime we went hike. . . first hike was to this big cave that we had tried going to on a previous trip but got lost.

This is from inside, it´s more like a cave/dome.

I am standing on deer poop. It is obviously the home to large amounts of animals since the floors are covered with droppings and it smells pretty bad too :)

Then the next day we saw the where a river begins. Pretty, deep, and so clear. . .

Here we are dropping the group off on the last day and the high parts of the Sierra

This is the group: two clients, Gabriel, a client, Gallardo, and Antonio. Just about to head off for a 6 hour bike ride , leaving Gabriel and I to pick them at on the outskirts of the mountain range we were in.

We didn´t know what we were in for. . . this is a picture of Gabriel when we crossed over from the Sierra de Segura mountian range to the Cazorla mountain range. It ended up taking us 7 hours to get to where we were supposed to pick them up. I think we drove on all the tiny, winding dirt roads that went up one mountain then down again, up then down, up. . . . you get the point:) Very beautiful though.

ABOUT A MONTH AGO. . .

Phil came to visit. It was rainy on Saturday so a bunch of us decided to go to Cueva Negra since we couldn´t climb. We watched this storm move in.

Here´s the cave. And what can you do in a cave?

Climb! of course! :) Here´s Blas doing a little bouldering action.

The next day was sunny so Gabriel, Phil, and I went to Puertollano (45min away) to do some routes. We had a good time and it was fun seeing Phil.

And finally, a cute little duckling that got seperated from his mommy close to where we went climbing this past weekend.

This coming weekend I have Monday off since it is a holiday in Castilla la Mancha. Gabriel and I are planning to drive up to see Phil on Saturday and stay until Monday. Should be fun. . . so stay tuned next week for some more pics from the north of Spain! Love ya all, take care

Amy

P.S. If you want to see some pics of me climbing and where I workout check out http://www.tytoalba.org/ You can brush up on your Spanish too if you want ;)