SENDAVIVA

This morning La Familia Voltas picked us up in their two cars (because our group was so large) and we drove an hour or so to the desert to a remote park called Sendaviva.  This park was created about 11 years ago by the spanish governement and is an example of  the impact of the "Crisis" on liesure activities.  When we arrived, there was no line.  We were practically the only people in the park besides the employees.  Despite this, the park was well run, very clean and we had a BALL!  The terrain was dry as the park was in desert mountain area. There were rows of almond trees, olive trees and bacharan bushes (they only have this fruit in Narvarra to make a certain liquor).

Imagine that the park was on a mountain and we spent from 11 opening to 9 closing walking up and down the mountain. Great exercise! We rode bobsleds & zip lines from the peak to the base of a maitain.  We saw trained vulures, eagles and other bird species and were part of a very "guay" demonstration.  There was clean drinking water at every turn (which is the case all over Spain) and the grounds which were rich in wildlife were very well kept.  I especially enjoyed strolling next to the random peacock which are all over the place!

It took all day, but Jaime finally joined us on the Caída Libre, which revealed spectacular vistas.

We got to ride for about 10 minutes each time and we just continued to get on for up to an hour!

And I did this!

When we arrived at home and the first thing Sam & Callie wanted to do was put in a Muzzy Spanish DVD so they can improve his spanish.