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So yes, I have dropped the ball one more time. I cannot promise it was the last time, but below is an interesting account of a saturday here in Cachaco. I have also posted some more of my pictures on my picasa site.
(http://picasaweb.google.com/nathancoenenlee )
Thanks for all the emails and the packages/mail.

Mike the Glacier National Park Cap is my new favorite thing, and Evan, I dont want to talk about what you sent me, but it made me laugh hard, and I will hang on to it for sure!!

I have a new spice rack from my parents, and am putting a new touch to my cooking here.

I have aq uired a grill, a few kilos of charcoal, and some beef so I am ready to have some cookouts with all my friends here.

I am working hard with english classes and guide training at the Park. I have also been helping with efforts to improve some of the trail network within the park. This effort goes along with all the ecotourism work my office has right now, helping the local community to benefit from the presence of the park. I am learning a great deal about this area of work, and I am enjoying it so much.

On the technical side (still a geek) I have been researching fuel efficient wood burning stoves for use here because the 3 stone cooking method is a huge demand on wood resources and labor time. I have been researching fog catchment systems, the sister park Serra Malagueta has succesfully built a system that catches a great deal of the moisture in the clouds passing through, and we would like to introduce this here for a possible campsite. I am looking into wind turbines for use with the campsite and to provide electricity to the guard's house in the park. I am RE RE- learning Autocad.
Thats a boring list of things I am researching,

Running here has been difficult due to the steepness in all the roads. I miss swimming and am terrified of seeing a shark if I swim to much in the open water, but I have enjoyed hearing about all the marathons and half marathons, and boot camps everyone is getting into.

I was sad to read a report about the 2 avalanche victims in Whitefish MT, I miss you guys and I hope you are doing well after the accident. Mike, Andy, Fetty, jonesy, shaun the pizza crew and my skies, which are floating around Wyoming right now with WEs.

Its a saturday here and I am going to head down to Carnival in Villa for a while tonight!

The carnival is supposed to be the most unique of all the islands here. I had to get sized for an outfit for my Copa Cabana team, and when we go to try it on we must be blindfolded so we only see the costume the first night!! all the floats are hidden until the first night also! I am excited to experience all this!

This was a random blog entry and I am sad that my writing ability is so poor right now, but its hard to put it all into words, I need to practice!!

Miss yall, come visit!