Gerson wrangling Ursa and Milka - both useless and fun
Brasil 2022-23 Diary/Photo Journal
Week of 018 of December 11, 2022 - December 17, 2022
Time to move on yet again and this week found us visiting another friend, Kike, and his family in Goiania.
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Coming into Goiania
Gerson wrangling Ursa and Milka - both useless and fun |
Kike is a long-time friend of Gerson's and I love his story of success in the Ice-making business. You can find his story here: https://www.solsearch.us/saII-diary-page-3.htm
We had the opportunity to tour Kike's ice manufacturing plant, Gelo Mineral, and on a warm, humid day, the ice rooms were refreshing (for a few minutes at least). Quite the set up with extensive solar panels providing the electricity to run the plant. Kike designed the entire facility and streamlined ice-making process.
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Aerial view of Gelo
Mineral Extensive solar panel brains Kike and Gerson at Gelo Mineral |
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The ice rooms store 100's
of thousands of pounds of ice Bagging and stacking of ice Massive motors for the ice machines |
We were quite keen on the inspection of Kike's plant because Cindy was going to be tucked away in a storage building on site. She fit in perfectly and gave us the opportunity to remove our things, and clean and prepare Cindy for a long sleep.
Kike also took us to see his new house he is in the process of building. It was just in the stage of 'framing' and will take another two years to complete. Not quite the speed of building in the U.S., but when it is complete, it should be a beautiful, modern home. And, it was cool to see a toucan hanging out in a nearby tree, not to mention seeing several Emu's in the neighborhood.
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Architect drawing of
Kike's home Framing under way |
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Resident Toucan Emu neighbor Quite the 'hair' style on these mallards |
Kike and Isabele took us to a little 'lake' that is in their new neighborhood and very nice to walk around. Quite a few monkeys were in residence and learning very quickly that trash bins hold lots of tasty things.
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Capuchin Monkeys
Capuchin taking a stroll to the shore |
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Gerson laid out several
pieces of bread (that we brought to feed the fish) and one monkey grabbed all the pieces and ran up the tree Nice mossy (albeit a tad slippery) walkway |
We spent our few days taking care of Cindy, catching a few World Cup games, enjoying our time with Kike's family and even went to a fun birthday party for grandson, Carlos Henrique.
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A nice restaurant that
serves this fish Tucunaré Very nice! |
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4th Birthday party for
Carlos Henrique - love the Hot Wheels theme Lucas and son, Carlos Henrique Bruna and Kike Kike, Isabele and Carlos Henrique Rafael and girlfriend (back) Gerson, Kike, Rafa (front) Lucas, Carlo Henrique, Bruna, Isabele, Louise |
We got Cindy tucked in, propped up and secured for her long sleep. We may return in 2023 to take her for another trip; however, we also put the word out that we would be willing to sell Cindy if someone wanted to buy her. We know that we cannot come back every year to use her and we don't want her to just fade away. So, we said our good-byes and flew back to Curitiba. But what dreams and memories Cindy helped us to realize!
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Cindy all tucked in We sure had many great memories with Cindy |
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Flying over Pontal and Ilha do Mel |
No sooner than we arrived back in Curitiba, were we making ready to go to a 'high school' graduation party for Grazi's daughter, Lavinia. And, what a party! I was very thankful to Grazi for lending me a nice little black dress as the occasion was rather fancy.
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Grazi's family: Juliano
(brother-in-law), Daniele Enjoying the evening |
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Gerson - busted enjoying petting Alaska |
The rest of the week was just settling into the Curitiba routine and dodging the rain. We spent a couple of mornings enjoying Parque Barigui and seeing some of the locals hanging out.
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Parque Barigui is a large
and very nice park to walk, jog, bike, skate... |
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Local Capivaras have leisurely mornings |
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Great photo provided
by cousin Mariana Lincoln, Alcindo (cousin), Vinicio (cousin), Edson (cousin), Marjorie, Gerson and Vanessa (circa 1976ish) |
We are now entering our last month in Brasil. With the holidays approaching, we anticipate a lot of "F's" - family, friends, food, fun....
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