geography lesson

Hey ya'll...

For your visual pleasure, I've attached a beautiful shot of Parral taken from the hill that is about 1/2 a kilometer from my house. I climbed it on Tuesday of this week in order to get a little solitude, adventure, and perspective (visually, mentally, and spiritually). I actually wound up getting a little more adventure than I bargained for, because, once I was almost at the top, I encountered a nice couple taking a walk with their 3 large, not-so-nice dogs. Being used to big dogs, I remained calm on the outside, and yet still couldn't help thinking about how bad their teeth would hurt as they circled around me, baring their mandibles and barking quite viciously. But thankfully, they eventually lost interest after their masters yelled at them sufficiently and apologized profusely.

If you have sharp eyes, you'll notice that I performed a little Photoshop magic and added a nice yellow arrow, which points to our casa. We live in a pretty nice part of town, and happen to be right across the street from the only park in the city. The big hill that you see on the left side of the picture is Antenna Hill (I'm sure you can guess why it's called this). If you can imagine that the picture extends to the right about another inch, then you would see the hill on which rests the famous Parral silver mine (now out of commission), and under the shadow of which lies the school/church at which we spend most of our waking hours.

Chido, bato! (which means "Cool, dude!")