Ascending "our mountain"

Marcos and his papa set off yesterday to scale the mountain in front of our house. It's about 300 m elevation change to the top and we didn't quite get there, but we were as close and we got some great pics along the way.

Here we are setting off from "base camp."

This forest is in the clouds many mornings. The trees are full of bromeliads and the rocky bits have lots of agaves. We think we even found an insectivorous plant, a sundew kind of thing with sticky leaves.

Our fearless leader chose a steep ascent.

A terrestrial orchid.

A milkweed receiving a butterfly.

There are great views out over the valley. Over Marcos' right shoulder are the hexagonal roofs of his school. Our house is just in back of the school, mostly hidden in the trees.