Even the animals.
Since we began construction at Monte Azul in June 2006, we have seen a lot of people come and go. The one thing that we always here is "I will definitley be back" We have found this to be true with our friends, family, artists and hotel guests. Now it has happened with animals too.
In July of 2006 we bought our first 2 horses, Taquilla and Grillo. They have been 2 great work horses and trail horses for our guests. At times they seemed to be more like big dogs than horses. The follow you around and beg for food, especially Grillo. In 2007 we added Marcel and earlier this year we added Moon Pie to our family of tour horses.
Unfortunately, Grillo didn't much care for the new family additions and started to misbehave a bit. He is a farm work horse and needed much more individual attention than we could give him. He became a bit "roudy " and needed an experienced horse rider to handle him. So we made a trade with his original owner for an easier going horse much better suited to Monte Azul's needs and those of our guests. The new horse is Rayo.
Grillo is much happier being in a "one horse show". Or so we thought. Two weeks after the horse trade, Carlos and I were walking up to the road and passed the horse pasture. There stood Grillo in the road waiting for us. He had come back to Monte Azul to visit his old friends and perhaps get a snack. The amazing part is that his original home is 5+ kilometers (3.5 miles) up the valley. He traveled through 2 towns ansd made several turns to get to Monte Azul. It appears that horses, or at least Grillo, have a keen sense of direction.
Grillo stayed the afternoon visiting and eating several bananas and guavas before returning to his original owner. It is always nice to see old friends and have people and animals return to Monte Azul. I look forward to all of our new and old frieneds coming back whether they be man or beast.
Here is a picture of Grillo with his riding outfit from 2009 and a picture of him wandering through the studio construction site looking for snacks in 2006.
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