Day 7 (Tues, Nov 24)
The team today almost jumped the rental truck over a speed bump into the ritzy country club to a stellar survey site. Miriam would have cheered us on. Sadly, instead we surveyed up on a bluff with an epic view of the valley from the 56th electrode. This area was also notable for the giant stick bugs, a suspiciously dangerous looking spider population, and ferocious guard dogs. Call Indian Jones and tell him we got his back.
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eafter, to conclude a climactic day, was to enjoy a relaxing evening downloading data and patting ourselves on the back. This event was cut short of its predicted conclusion due to a surprise (for us), planned (for the entirety of Ecuador) power outage due to the power shortage in the country. These are planned to conserve power during the times in which people tend to use the most power. Evedently we are such people. (To read more about the drought induced power outages check out the Latin America Herald Tribune.) This was alright by us, as we had an impromptu dinner beneath the emergency light, and bonded over Miriam and Bri's fear of ghosts. Dinner, by the way, was delicious.
eafter, to conclude a climactic day, was to enjoy a relaxing evening downloading data and patting ourselves on the back. This event was cut short of its predicted conclusion due to a surprise (for us), planned (for the entirety of Ecuador) power outage due to the power shortage in the country. These are planned to conserve power during the times in which people tend to use the most power. Evedently we are such people. (To read more about the drought induced power outages check out the Latin America Herald Tribune.) This was alright by us, as we had an impromptu dinner beneath the emergency light, and bonded over Miriam and Bri's fear of ghosts. Dinner, by the way, was delicious.Day 8 (Wed, Nov 25)
We celebrated Thanksgiving a day early with a lunch of cuy (guinea pig) and potatoes. Along with sides of avocado and granadilla (a fruit that looks like "boogers" on the inside). Muy delicioso! The guys' true carnivorous sides came out as they demolished these small animals. Luke ended up winning the staring contest with his lunch as it's head was still there, just in a crispier form.
Luke in addition to the aforementioned feat, also made a significant contribution to the ATT team today. Using his dog wrangling skills he managed to train our own guard dog to watch the electrodes and keep his ground in case if any stray kitten should wander across the path. The pup increased team moral by approximately 500% and we are now casting for out mascot (you must be cute, a dog, and not afraid of tall blonds; casting on a street corner near you!).
Being that we're super efficient at fieldwork... we finished early (at 3pm after 2 SuperSting and 5 WADI surveys) and got back with plenty of time for a rousing futbol game. Team Perro Calientes (Gierke, MaFer, Austin, Andrea, Denise) took it to Team Tigres (Miriam, Luke, Nick, Bri). Luke tried to head the ball about 45 times without success, but in the end it was Gierke's super mad soccer skills that propelled the Perro Calientes. As a side note, we discovered today that Miriam has another career option as a Latin American soccer announcer!
In (another) celebration of Thanksgiving we will head to the hot springs after work tomorrow!
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