A Car Trip

What gorgeous terrain on the way to Cachi. And what a stunning girl next to me.
"Schumaker." She jokes as she pushes the tental car around tight corners fast enough to make the safety conscious Swedes in the back seat moan. She laughs in pure pleasure at the effect she has on them. After we lunch at a wide and shallow river (whats mine is yours typical european hospitality. I enjoy the rich dark bread) the scenery soon becomes fascinating. Breaking away from rainforest we start toward the mountains and the desert. The road is cut out under a cliff follows the river. Spiderwebs clump like the fallen nests of eagles on the other side. The tree shadow beneath them is thick and dark. After we cross the rusted iron bridge the quality of the road is noticably worse. Soon a landslide covers the road. The path cut around it is covered by several black horses and one palamino with its palamino foal. The contrast is remarkable. Dutch Femca the Swedish brothers Sara the Suizia Shumacker and myself jump out of the parked car. They rush to take photo´s and capture the somewhat surreal experience and I do my best to commit it to memory. The first passing car in over an hour breaks the spell by forcing the horses off the road. So back in the car we jump. And how we wind and wind, further and furhter upwards. Tiny houses with rose gardens make tiny highway villages. Luckily for us this Schumacker lives up to her name. Her father bought her snow driving lessons for her last birthday.
"I thought it was a stupid present at the time, but I appreciate it now."
"If you´re so scared of hights stop looking of the edge." Dutch Femca berates Joel. His brother david defends him with "He´d rather look fear in the face." The joy in Sara´s laugh makes the day brighter.

We run over a couple of giant spiders and the road gets truly tough before we make the plateau. It is incredible when we do as well. What is so much space doing up so high? Beautiful yellow flowers grow in the short grass and we all leave the car to bathe in the horizons. Stretching our legs and eyes I wonder how these rocks cactus cattle road grass and wildflowers came to sit up here on the roof of the world. The awe I feel for these deserts valleys cliffs mountains and plants is nothing next to the inspiration of this girl.