What a trip so far! We made it safely to Rio Muchacho organic farm and are now in Conoa a small beach town 20 minutes from the farm. We have been doing lots since we arrived at the farm including caring for the horses, agriculture ect. I will go through our daily schedual,
5:45> We wake up, get dressed in our work cloths and head out to the horse corral.
6:00> Work begins, we start attaching the wagon to collect sugar cane or processing it through the grinder.
6:15> If collecting sugar cane we make it to the field where the machetes are brought out and we begin wacking and loading sugar cane and grass to feed to the horses.
6:15> If not collecting grass we begin feeding the grass and sugar cane(that was collected the day before)to cut it up into very small pices and then put into feed troughs.
6:45> We let out the horses from the pasture above and bring them down to the horse corral.
7:00-7:30>Get ready for breakfast, shower with cold water(alway freezing cold and only if needed).
7:30-8:00> Eat breakfast which contains fruit slalad and bread.
8:00-11:30> Lisa and noelle teach at the school( Vienna is starting this week and Treava studies in the kindergarten class).Chris does handyman services around the farm.
12:00> Lunch time! Lunch typicaly contains of: Soup,Rice,Beans and a juice.
12:30-4:00> Chris: does more handyman things or helps in the garden. Vienna: Washes one of the 7 horses( including donkey) and later takes for a walk.Lisa:Helps the girls with the horses or helps out in the garden or kitchen.Noelle: Washes one horse and later takes for a walk.Treava: Helps noelle,vienna or mom.
4:00> Work ends and we are free till dinner time.
6:00> We eat dinner( usally rice and beans.)
7:30> Go to bed~! Early wake up!
This is our usual scheduel but on monday and tuesday vienna, Noelle and Lisa take a all day agriculture class. Also Vienna,Noelle,Chris and Lisa take 1 hour spanish classes per day.
I will write next weekend.
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