We woke up Sunday morning and it was Jay's birthday, therefore, it was his day to decide what he wanted to do. We began by drinking tea out on the rocks by the Finches; just watching the village come to life.
Than we went and explored Jay's old house. It is bright blue now and used for the church building. Jay showed me his tree fort and his old bedroom.
Then he showed me more large rock formations that they (the Taylor, Finch and probably the Corley kids) used as forts and protection for all of the tag and chase games they used to play.
After that we hiked up a creek bed that used to be Jay's and Crystal's "secret" place. It had been raining there, so there were lots of waterfalls and pools.
On the way back to the Finches for lunch, we first hiked further up the mountain towards "Popsicle Tree", and then down and around the pottery making "factory"
This is a kiln that they once used to fire the pots.
After lunch, we tackled "Big Rock". In spite of the fact that we were still getting used to the elevation we made it up pretty quickly (and then had to sit for a while to catch our breath).
This picture is us on top of "Big Rock" with our loyal companion this whole week, the Finch's dog, C.B. He was sort of pulling me backwards, which is why I am making that face.
After that was church (they hold it at 3pm), and after the service Jay and I were asked to help lead games for the kiddos. This was an adventure since neither Jay nor I speak Tarahumara, and most of the kids barely spoke Spanish.
Lauren made Jay homemade pizza for his birthday, and we crashed pretty early that night because we were exhausted after all that hiking.
More of the story to come later!
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