Odds N Ends & Parque Metropolitano

Cool turtles we found on our walk!  Too bad they are made of concrete.

Odd architectural stuff!

No idea what this is supposed to represent.

We thought these were real neat trees until we realized that they are just uprooted trees stuck in the ground upside down!

We call this the bottle brush tree!  They are all along the sidewalks in Quito.  It must be one of their favorites.

Outdoor amphitheater!  Probably works ok unless it's wet.  It rains a lot here.

Cotopaxi is one of the most famous volcanos here in Ecuador.  It's the one that gave everyone a scare a few months ago because it started erupting.

Here's Cotopaxi!  So high it has snow at it's peak year around even though we are at the equator.

Hard to get good pictures of the volcanos because they are typically shrouded in clouds.  For a minute we were able to take a fairly clear picture but then the clouds moved in again.

Little fungi growing on the bark of a tree!

Lots of pretty flowers in Equador!  Supposed to be the best place in the world for humming birds but we didn't see any.

We were walking on a seldom used road.  Police patrol area on horseback!

Ferns at the side of the trail.

Strange stump we thought was pretty!

Pretty flowers along the way!

View from the park!  Down below is the park we walked to last week.  We live up over the hill on the right.  If you can find the red building we live on the other side down below.  We walked from the park all the way home!!

On the way home we passed the fire station!

Cute couple out walking!  They were holding hands and the gentleman had Parkinson's.

Mom stopped and gave them $5.00 for their picture. I'm sure it made their week.  Normally we don't give people any money but they were so cute.

Walking home from the park.  Looking towards the cement jungle of Quito!

A lot of construction going on in Quito!  The supporting pillars are filled in between with cinder blocks.  Probably, not the best construction in an earthquake zone.  Can you see the bucket used to haul up construction materials?

Love the name!  Haven't tried the food!