| Evan's Ecuador,
Peru and Bolivia |
© Jeff Waugh
The
"Tiger Scorpions" of Cotopaxi |
Cotopaxi
and the Tiger Scorpions
The
only reason we went to Cotopaxi
was to look for "tiger scorpions" |
| When we went for a walk in the garden
at La Cienega we met a pet deer. I got to pet him. Then we tried
to get eucalyptus nuts in my hat. I won! Then at dinner time the
lights went out and I invented a wax stick for a light! |
© Evan |
| On the way up to Cotopaxi the jeep
stopped working. Daddy had to roll it backwards downhill to start
it. Then we found some tiger scorpions under a rock. Then we caught a
yellow-bellied lizard. Afterwards, we drove a long way to see Tungurahua Volcano erupting.
WOW! |
© Evan |
| We had a long, long ride back to
Quito. We stopped at a fruit stand to buy a coconut. The coconut
milk was delicious! For lunch we stopped at La Cienega. I had some
popcorn as an appetizer. When we got into Quito
it rained hard, hailed and lightninged. |
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School Notes...
Cotopaxi National Park is located 60 miles (80
kilometers) south of Quito (the capital of Ecuador). Cotopaxi Volcano
is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world with a height of
just over 19,000 feet (6,000 meters). Cotopaxi is only one of many
active volcanoes along the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, Peru and
Bolivia. Guagua Pichincha and Tungurahua volcanoes in Ecuador were
both erupting in 2000. The volcanoes of the Andes Mountains make up
the South American portion of the "Ring of Fire" that
surrounds the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean plate is moving underneath
the South American continent. As the plate slides below the Andes it
is heated by the earth's core and rushes back up through the crust causing volcanic eruptions and
earthquakes on a regular basis. Map
of South America
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