Another picture of Shell, Ecuador

I took some more pictures yesterday in my maintenance flight and decided to label some things for my readers. It is mostly self-explanatory. Shell is a town of about 2500-3000 people. As noted by the picture, everything on the south side of the runway is military, which probably doubles the population at times. The Chinese restaurant is very good. Just ask my dad. He went there about everyday when he was here. When he left Ecuador he spoke more Chinese than Spanish, and had to start taking cholesterol medicine. Our church is a block from our house, which is incredibly convenient. Our MAF hangar didn't quite make the photo, but it lies just a little more east . Click here to see a previous post of the town plaza. The footbridges are fun to cross as well. They are pretty high, just ask my mother in law, Bunny, how fun they are. I heard a few funny whimpers out of her when she was crossing.

Overall, the small town community feel of Shell is just what God designed us for. Although we like some of the amenities that a city offers, we hate everything else. We are very content to live in Shell, and live within walking distance to everything, or in some cases, nothing.