On Sunday, Lena, Kathryn and I walked on the road to the next town on the lake, Santa Catarina. It was a wonderful leisurely walk. The road was high above the lake which provided different view of the lake. On the lake side there were several large houses with marvelous views of the lake. There were signs advertising two or three pieces of land that had a boat launch. On the other side of the road the mountains have a very steep slope. After walking for about an hour, we turned the corner and saw Santa Catarina nestled in a valley at the lake shore. As we descended into town, we were greeted by bombas.
Santa Catarina has more of a local town feel. We stumbled upon a soccer game on a field by the lake. The two teams were really good. We sat down with the locals in the shade and watched the game for a while. We then continued to walk along the lake shore. Much of the shore was shaded. There were a few narrow long docks interspersed between the long grasses and trees. Sunday apparently is the laundry day in Santa Catarina. It is a family affair. The women carry the laundry in large shallow buckets on their heads. The daughters bring a smaller bucket with a few pieces of clothing. Once at the particular beach, the women and girls wash the clothes on rocks while the men and boys swim and play in the water. Once all the clothes are washed, the women carry the buckets of wet clothes on their heads as they walk back home. If the boys are not swimming in the lake, they are shooting off little fireworks.
Instead of walking back to Pana, we decided to take a pickup truck. This particular one had a metal frame in the bed and pieces of wood on both sides. While walking to Santa Catarina, several pickup trucks passed us. These pickup trucks were packed with locals. Our pick up truck only had two local teenagers who were speaking a different dialect than the one in Pana.
Another wonderful afternoon in a town on the lake!
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