Ken's Birthday Weekend

Ken turned 51 on Sunday - hard to believe, isn't? We took a 1 hour road trip to San Juancito (1st photo in video), where we met some of the nicest Hondurans and then on to a Bed n' Breakfast high up on a mountain in an area called El Rosario. In 1880, the US came to Honduras and developed a mining company called "El Rosario." The US along with Hondurans mined for silver, gold, copper, ore and a few other things. Some of the buildings still exist, along with a hospital, parts of a school and a cemetery. The mining closed in 1954 where the remainder of the workers went to Cuba and Nicaragua. In 1970, there were efforts to reactivate operations at El Rosario and call it the Rosario Resources Company, but on the 29th of Sept 1970, there was a landslide in the mountain and trapped 4 miners. so they closed the mines indefinitely. So now the area is part of La Tigra National Park. Ken, Jenna and I have yet to go there, but we hear it is pretty incredible. It has a ton of trails and a beautiful waterfall.

So for the bed n' breakfast............it is run by a German couple who have been in Honduras 11 years. They were really nice! We had very nice accommodations and a spectacular view (as you can see in the photos with the rainbow). We had a great dinner and breakfast was not to bad either. We did a lot of exploring and being so high up in the mountains, the air was great and we were able to drink the water out of the tap. It is the little things we appreciate :) We will definitely go there again - it is a nice getaway in the wilderness and not to far of a drive.

Jenna did great, she even has a third tooth coming in on the bottom. We hope to head to Antigua, Guatemala next month.

Our view from the cabin which was built right on the edge of a mountain......

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