With Independence Day we get a couple of days off of school. With the free days, 2 families and a car full of teachers headed on about a 4 hour drive north-east to a small town in the mountains called Rio Blanco (While River). It's a beautiful drive there with mountainous scenery. Things got a little confusing when the road suddenly ended and where their seemed to be no bridge. The detour wasn't clearly marked, but after asking some locals we were directed to a narrow bridge close by. The former bridge was destroyed in Hurricane Mitch, a temporary one was built, but the former one was never rebuilt. Although there is just enough space for one vehicle, we saw large transports and cattle trucks cross this bridge too.
Rio Blanco isn't a popular tourist destination yet so don't go looking in your travel books for it. This became quite obvious as we drove through town and the locals just stopped and stared at this car full of 'gringos' with two riding on top. Communicating was a little difficult as well. I don't think they planned on being able to understand us so even the very clearest Spanish we used they just wrinkled their brows either in confusion or amazement, I'm not sure.
Of course I was game to go to Rio Blanco since it was in the mountains. We took Saturday to hike up Cerro (mountain) Musun. Because it is the rainy season we encountered a lot of mud along the way. 
After trooping up the mountain and through the 'junglie' forest we came to this beautiful waterfall. I felt for a minute like we were in some National Geographic magazine. It was a beautiful site.
This is the crew that went on this adventure. Everyone seems more interested in the calves than looking at the camera.
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