Standstill

If you're wondering why there has been a lack of blog updates...there's a very good explanation.  We've basically been at a standstill.  Jordan and I have been sick and the weather's been dreary.  I had literally opened the web browser and loaded Expedia to start looking at flights from San Jose to Quito, when I got an email telling me that Quito had been shut down because of an attempted coup.  Sooo, with Quito out, we are pretty much blocked from our main agenda in South America.  Our only real option is to fly to Uruguay in southern South America and do the trip from south to north, but that's going to be expensive. So we're waiting and praying and trying to figure out what in the world to do.