Obama

I finally found his address on the internet:

http://ohiodailyblog.com/content/audio-obamas-acceptance-speech

This is a recording from someone who was in the audience. It isn't great quality, so if anyone knows of a better link let me know please. I am listening to it right now and it is great so far!

Good bye Corque

An old feller who has a tienda in Corque has been inviting me to come visit his campo. Well I decided it was time for me to go check it out and it was way worth it. Just beautiful. I wish I hadn't waited so long!

this is the church for the little community where Don Pedro lives

I would like to know what kind of bird this is

We walked up the hill to where he gets his water, it was really beautiful

Reall, what kind of bird is that?

A cactus forest, which I think is pretty cool.

Summit Panoramalama

My first video. This is the view from the top and my amigo Ryan talking about how that ridge just keeps on going...

My second 16,000 ft. peak

Tiff and Anna doing ballerina excercises before the hike
Tiffany on the bridge... pretty self explanatory
This is a really big rock and a cactus growing on top of it. Pretty cool.
The view from the top. We could see Sajama from here. My GPS says Sajama was over 170 miles away. How cool is that!!!
Heading back down for dinner with Tiffany and Anna leading the way... I couldn't help thinking the whole way that when the next ice age comes Huari is going to be THE extreme skiing destination for the southern hemisphere

Whale Watching

One of the highlights of the trip home for the wedding was the whale watching rehersal dinner. I was unaware that there would be food on the boat, but other than that it couldn't have been better.
Eagles are as common in Southeast Alaska as llamas are here in the altiplano, but they both still blow me away
I still haven't figured out how to flirt effectively, but I think I do a better job than this sea lion.
In your dreams Regina Spector
This was the first time I had seen Orcas, or killer whales, and they stayed with us for nearly an hour performing breaches and rolls and stealing the show.

My uncle Marty took all of these pictures, so thanks for sharing!

New Technology in Comedy!

My sister introduced me to the newest thing in comedyphoto technology. It's called shakey faces, and as you can see, it is awesome. Anna
Carla
Franz
John
John's sister

Lauren
yours truly
Mike did not understand shakey face
Tiffany
triple awesome shakey face

Lauren and Corque

My friend Lauren came to visit and helped easing my way back into altiplano life once again after eating alaskan seafood and seeing my whole family at the wedding. She did PC in Bangladesh so she can relate.

Thanks for coming Lauren!!!!

Rocking out at my site, Corque, for a July fourth bonfire. Tons of fun!
Big fire.Franz and Tania chose to ford the river instead of waiting for the next raft. They saved several days but lost 3 oxen and 50 pounds of flour. Later in the journey one of the party died of ameabic dysentary.
An incredibly curious herd of llamas came right up to us, although there was some speculation that they were being hearded this way.
After a hike we came back to the plaza and had a local specialty, chicharon de llama.

The wedding day

Matt and Paige heard the sincere words of congratulations and we drank our weight in Alaskan micro brews

My godfather taught me how to dance, which is why I rock so hard.
Judging by the fact that I am not in this picture, I think I must have said something funny.
The wedding chapel
My niece, nephew and self
The whole McGuan family together

My bother Matt's Alaskan wedding for the record books extravaganza!!!!

Illamani (Ee-ya-ma-ni) at over 21,000 feet is the breathtaking focal point of the La Paz skyline. This is the night before leaving for the wedding 6,500 miles to the northwest.
My family rented out this lodge and most of the following pictures are from the area around it. It was beatiful and tons of fun.

The lush, mossy, greeness was such a contrast to the altiplano that I had to take a picture.

This is the view from the front of the lodge. The chapel where the actual wedding went down is hidden in the peninsula to the left. Look at the difference in the shape due to the huge tide variation, which can change up to 30 feet during new or full moons.
We had a picnic and a hours long mushball game which was one of the highligts of the trip.
The McGuan boys and my brother-in-law Chris went go sock some dingers Matt and Stone
Matt burns all symbols of his former, single life at the bachelor party bonfire.
My dad, the poker shark, making some easy money. I learned everything I know about poker from my dad, and it pays off.