April in Morelia
The dry season is fully lodged in Michoacan and now the heat arrives.
Temperatures reach 90s in the day and we sleep with only sheets
at night, even with a fan on.
Hiking in the canyon: If you drive on the main road around town
and turn right at Sears, drive about 4 blocks and park your car.
You can now hike for hours in a nice canyon lined with oaks and
acacias and cacti. On the dry hills on either side are trails
made by the cattle and horses that roam them; occasionally we'll see a
man herding his cattle to the creek to drink. Families gather at
the creek for picnics on weekends; on week days, we may see a runner or
two, but generally we have the place to ourselves. All this
within 5 minutes of Sears. . .
The "enchanted lake"
We had read about a lovely, enchanted lake on a webpage concerning
Morelia so we decided to hike to it. Following the canyon we hike
(above) we just continued to a small town and the lake. The lake
is brown with a muddy shore; horses wade in to drink. We're not
sure we agree with the "enchanted" aspect of the lake, but it was a
nice walk on a hot day. One of the few hikes we've taken where
you can buy sodas at your destination. . . .
At least one species of tree is flowering at any time in Morelia.
Now it is Jacaranda, a lovely purple-flowered pea.
And we have met another dog; we call her Angel. She is chained up
on a 3' long chain to the side of a house, but you can see from her
face that she is a loving, sweet creature. She is VERY skinny so
we have taken to feeding her at least once a day. Her owner, an
old, ~4' tall woman, doesn't seem to mind that we feed Angel; we think
she had survived on food scraps before we met her.
Homework. At home (memorizing European and South and Central American capitols), and outside:
