We had a busy day, but time is short so we will be brief.

We left campo at 8:30 am and drove to the city of Granada. It is the oldest city in Central America. We took pongas, or boats, out on the lake. There are about 350 small islands that were formed when the side of Mombacho Volcano blew out a couple of million years ago. Each island is privately owned and has a house on it. We rode on boats for about an hour in between the islands.

We then loaded onto the bus and drove to Masaya Volcano. It constantly burps up a sulfur cloud. You can look over the edge into the volcano, it was a little scary. Most of the group then climbed 177 stairs up to the overlook over the volcano. It was blazingly hot. It had to be in the mid 90s, but Dawn says it was closer to 190 degrees. She was a bit hot.

We drove down the volcano and headed to Masaya Market. The students had a wonderful time for about 2 hours shopping. Each of the students will have to tell you about the “deals” that they got there. We got about 25 chair hammocks to use as a fundraiser for next year’s trip.

We are now all sitting at Narcy Chicken/Papa John’s. We had a great dinner. The Wilkinson family came here early instead of going to the market. They have a shaded play area, so everyone was well pleased. We are getting ready to take off and will try to send the email from here.

Well, we are going to sign off and get in the bus for our 2 hour ride back to camp and then head off for bed. Thanks for your love and support. We are all having a great time and getting ready for our next three day camp to start on Friday.

Bethany