This month's chapel hike

We had the monthly chapel hike yesterday and 108 people participated this time -- the largest group yet. We hiked a total of about five miles, with the village where we dropped off the food about halfway through the trip. The weather couldn't have been better, and we had a chance to stop at a ruin site on the way in.

We walked on a dirt road most of the way, except for the trail we went down to the ruin, so it was a pretty easy walk.







I really don't know anything about the ruin. We heard it was originally a Mayan site, and if it was, it was poorly restored. The concrete in the stones was obvious.



In the end, some people in need at the village received a lot of food, mostly flour, rice, sugar and oil.

 

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Chapel Hike with CNN

The end of April (I know, that was more than a month ago and I need to get on the ball), Barbara Starr from CNN came out to do a story on our Chapel Hikes. It's a monthly volunteer event where we pack-in food (purchased completely through donations) to remote villages around the area. Recently because of drought and rising food prices, some of the villages are really having a problem with famine, so this is just a little way for us to temporarily help, while we get to see the countryside and get some extra exercise while we're at it. The hikes are usually about three miles with varied terrain. Below you can see us walking up the side of the hill while Alfredo (CNN cameraman) shoots video of us. I'm the guy in the green University of Alaska, Anchorage Seawolves hat and Michigan State Spartans shirt.




And below was the bridge, we affectionately named the "Indiana Jones Bridge," we crossed during the hike. It rocked and swayed violently, so it really was fun to cross. If you look below you can see the folks who decided try an alternate river-crossing method.




The CNN story on the hike is at http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/05/01/starr.honduras.food.cnn.

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