January 2, 2010

On Saturday, Mr. Spaugh and some friends and I climbed a volcano. Climbing Pacaya was not the easiest thing I have ever done. The altitude was so different than what I was accustomed to that I could hardly breath. The wind was so strong that we could hardly stay on our feet. But we did see some lava up close. Actually we were about three or four feet from the lava stream. We roasted hot dogs over the heat from the rocks. The rocks were so hot in one place that the bottom of my shoes started to melt. On the way home we stopped and I ate at my first Guatemalan restaurant. The food was great.