Here is a tiny yellow flower that we saw along the trail. There are some quiet fields with flowers in the park. The flowers aren't spectacular, but in some places there are a lot of them, and the fields are nice places to just sit and think, or watch bees.
This rainbow was in a large clearing near the highest part of the park. If you look closely just inside the left arch, you can see where the trail continued through the woods in the distance.
A Few Words about The Park and Quito's Air
The park is a nice place in general to get away from the hustle and bustle in Quito. For those who haven't yet visited Quito, it is a big capital city, with several million people and a lot of activity. It is the place that I know best in Ecuador, and the place that I love the most. The cultural opportunities are unequaled anywhere else in the country. There are free concerts, free movies, beautiful parks, beautiful architecture, traditional food, modern malls, opportunities to travel everywhere in the country, the list goes on and on. The bad things about Quito are pretty much the same points, that it is a big city with a lot of activity, and the air quality, well, let's just say that it isn't always what it could be. Part of this is due to the city's location in a sort of bowl, which impedes air flow, and part of this is due to vehicles with excessive emissions.
Flor really wants to live in Quito again, and I really want to live somewhere with clean air. We have talked about living near Parque Metropolitano as a compromise. When you are in the park, you can feel the difference in the air you breath as compared to being in the developed part of Quito. The trees scrub the air, and the park is higher than most of the rest of Quito, which also helps. Some very nice neighborhoods, such as Batán Alto, abut the park.
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