Journey to the Monte

We just drove up the mountain winding our way through the little villages to the top. We were looking for a hotel or B&B but little was open, for this is the slow season. We finally found a hotel randomly along the road. Eliza walked in and they acted shocked to see a guest. We had the place to ourselves.

My last sight in the night was seeing Zion's face beaming with excitement and anticipation of the coming day. He kept silently mouthing V-O-L-C-A-N-O and then break into giddy laughter.


The ash that landed during the night.






The volcano is alive. All through the night the volcano was erupting and shaking the whole mountain like an approaching monster. The shaking scared Noah into a marsupial state.

In the morning all the towns people on the SE slope were in the streets sweeping ash into large mounds. Who would want to live in a place where everyday ash covered everything? Little did we know that this wasn't the "everyday" but a rare-ish occurrence that we were fortunate to witness.

- The Latimer's