Monday, September 15, 2008

Took a Walk

I decided to do a little bit of filming as I was walking up the side of the mountain one day. I had to split the video into small segments.

A Fair Night

A couple weekends ago, we went to a fair in a small town about 20 minutes away from Ambialet. There were some carnival games. One involved hitting a punching bag, and it would give you a score depending on how hard you hit it. I don't mean to toot my own horn... but toot toot, I got the high score out of us three men.
The night was not complete until Mr. John (Remmington) Roche went to the shotgun booth. The object was to shoot targets in front of you with a shotgun. Yes, a real shotgun. John never shot a shotgun before. He shot once, missed, but it was alright because he had another shot. However, he didn't know how to reload the shotgun, so the lady at the booth came over to help. Little did John know that he did not have to reload it; rather, there was another trigger to pull to fire the second shot. John accidentally found this out while the gun was pointed at the ground, which would have been funny enough. The lady then reaches and lifts up her coat, where John shot, and reveals that John Wayne shot her six pack of beer. We laughed very very hard when we saw this, and we won't let him live it down.
There was also a concert with dancing, which there is a video of below. I am not sure what I liked more: the dancing or The Duke of Hazard's gun show.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008






Conque is a quaint little pilgrimage village nestled into the side of a mountain top. It was established as a holy land to escape the material world. The patron saint of this town is St. de Foy. She is known to be a saint of miracles. This small village also safeguards the treasure of St. de Foy, which is an impressive array of relics. Can you guess which U.S. capital is named after this saint? I'll give you a hint: it is not in old Mexico.