La Presa

RAIN!

In Atenas, our center is known as La Universidad de la Presa. The University of the Dam. We are located at the end of our street, overlooking the dam on the Río Grande Thanks to the kids from last year we followed the path past our campus, down the hill and through the thick undergrowth of jungle, to the dam itself. I’ve been down once before, but this time a group of 5 of us ventured down the mountain; Dangerous Dan, our stoic poet, and Lina, Elle and Kelly, we followed faithfully (even after only 10 days) down the trail. Thanks to our rubber boots, long pants and rainjackets, we didn’t get cut up by the crazy overgrown trail and as the rain started and we pases 3 tall, waterfall cliffs, Dan the man, our stoic poet screws us up! In case we can't ford the fast rising water, Dan, having been the only one down during the rain before, sends us back up the trail. Instead of heading all the way home, we stop and enjoy the fall of rain on the riverbed of the biggest fall. Since we were already soaked through, all we could do was play in the water! After 45 minutes, the water having only risen a few inches and the sunset casting a beautiful glow over the trail, we decide it was time to head home. All in all, more fun in the rain than I've had before!

Into the night we go!