Nueva Ventana

Today we had to wait around until our window was supposed to be finished later in the afternoon, so we decided to take the cable tram to the top of the mountain that lies behind Quito. The view of the city was amazing, with the buildings stacked on top of each other for miles and miles in every direction. Once at the top we decided to follow a trail that climbs a volcano nearby for some exercise. It felt good to stretch the legs, and we were treated to some cool views of the volcano as the mist danced over the ridges and swirled into the valleys. Dave motored on ahead and actually climbed to the top, while Noah and I stayed back and took lots of pictures and just took in the scenery.

We came back down to meet Christian at the glass shop, and when we arrived, it sounded like the window wasn’t complete. Crap. Rolling blackouts have been instituted in all of Equador because the severe drought is hampering their ability to make hydro-electricity. Because of this, the glass shop didn’t have power most of the day, and couldn’t work on the window. After talking with the lady at the desk for a bit, she made a phone call and low and behold, it sounded like we would have our window within half an hour. Sweet! Soon a guy came out and started the install. Ten minutes later we were on our way, and prepared to leave Quito and put on some more miles southward!