Friday, October 21, 2011

Hillside and Belize - 3rd Year

Our blog entries have fallen by the wayside over the last year. We have been here over two years now and there are fewer events that are new. It’s not exactly routine, since few things at Hillside are routine. Something unexpected happens every day. Yesterday one of the students cut his finger in one of the dorm fans and we needed to put in 6 sutures. What next?

Niki has graduated and moved in with Maria’s folks in Norwalk, Ca. where she is attending a community college. So our house in Punta Gorda is very quiet these days, with 2 empty rooms. Want to come and visit?

Our added program for this year is a full time physical therapist, Monica Roe. We have had short term PTs over the past two years, but this will hopefully develop into a sustainable program, similar to what we do for the pharmacy and medical students.

We have always wanted to do a hike in one of the National Parks along the Hummingbird Highway in the Maya Mountains north of here. So over the Pan American Day National Holiday last week, we hiked 4 ½ miles back into the Billy Baquedier Park. We had a great time. And not bad for an old man!

Monica Roe, new PT Director for Hillside.

Our campsite at Billy Baquedier Park - Dan, Rudy, and Liz.
Waterfall at Park.

1 comment:

MelTibo2008 said...

Finally we get an update! Thanks for sharing the photos!
Melissa Thibault