Beautiful Feet: August 20, 2015

Last day before leaving. We were really glad we had done all of our Ataco area studies on Tuesday because Thursday was a rainy day. We had to get the car out so we could get to the empty suitcases at the end of the garage so it sat in the rain but that is life. We spent most of the morning working at home and Charlotte had decided to finish her dress she had been working on for a while. We also were waiting for the trash to come by and finally gave up because we were trying to go out and do some last souvenir shopping for a few gift items. Sure enough as we headed up the street, here came the trash truck. So we went back and got everything out. It was still good, because we had more than usual since we were trying to do some cleaning for our being gone a month. Also, Charlotte had decided to throw away a few items of food we were not able to eat and did not want to leave sitting for a month. At least we caught them. Then we went to all the shops in town that were open that sold gift type items. There were a lot few open on a Thursday than on Saturday and Sunday. We did get caught pretty good downpour but we were able to find items to suit us for most everyone. We went by Carlos and Linda's to say goodbye and leave a key to our house so Carlos could let the brothers from BICA stay there next week. They were not home but we were able to put everything through the open window. He called late to ask about the house key and I told him to look on the corner of his dining table, he thought that was pretty funny. About 5 Paulo came by to get all the instructions for staying in the house. Charlotte was frying chicken and about 5:30 Sister Isabella and her granddaughter came by for a last visit before we left. Charlotte just put on more chicken and french fries. We had a good visit. After they all left we finished all our packing and gave Wicket a last trim on her hair. We feel a little sad we will not be seeing her for a month.