A wonderful Happy Father’s Day to all of those fathers and children out there. Here is my dad, who was an Anthropologist on the granite slide at Sacsayhuaman ruins in Cusco, Peru back in the 1950’s. This rock slide was for the Incan children of nobles.
Never knowing that my father had gone down this slide 50 years earlier, I slide down this slippery slope in 2012. Somehow channeling my dad without knowing it. Funny how things like this come full circle. Here’s hoping you are doing something wonderful today to help celebrate your dad.
Categories: 2013 Project 365, Peru, travel
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 
Two wonderful photos – what did the “young man” with the red hat said, something scary..? ‘hehehe’ 😉
Thank you so much Drake. I think the 2 kids were just wondering whether or not this little ol’ lady was really going to go down the slide. 🙂
Aw how fun that you did the same thing. 😀
It really is ! I didn’t find the photo until I cleaned my mother’s house the month after my trip to Peru.
Love the photos! Super cool that you both did it! =^.^=
Thanks Bailey !
That’s really cool, Emily. Your dad looks like a really fun person, and I’m sure would be tickled pink to see you doing the same thing 50 years later. 🙂
LOL ! If you only knew the truth Sylvia. Somehow I think he was much cooler when he was away from the house. 🙂
Probably a bit like mine then. 🙂
Fantastic! Looks great fun…
It actually was a bit scary because you fly down that rock slide really fast. I wanted to do it a second time once I figured out how to do it, but my friends wouldn’t let me.
Your poor mother, putting up with the two of you! 😉
LOL ! You do make me laugh. Indeed, this is quite the true statement.
What a great experience, knowing your dad traveled the same slide. That would be a neat place to visit.
Peru is an amazing place to visit. It is such a special place. I hope you make it there one day.
It is amazing the experiences that our parents have that are never really passed on to their children, I mean never really all of the details. I get how busy it gets, and how there are really only certain times when the questions get asked and answered. After those times pass we gather so many assumptions to fill in the holes in our knowledge. I don’t think we really ever really know our parents.
That is such the truth Charlie. My parents did really interesting things before I was born. I had no idea my father had done this until I cleaned my mother’s house out last summer and discovered this photo. All after my trip to Peru. Pretty cool!
Lovely story!
Thank you so much Jura. 🙂 Loved your last post.
Wonderful story, and what great photos these are!
Thank you so much Lisa. So happy you enjoyed this post.
What a great photo to find and tremendous stories about your dad, he sure sounds interesting!
Interesting man…yes, nice to the kids…um NO ! Both of my parents are/were independent thinkers.
How wonderfully cool to do this and then find a photo of your dad doing the same thing years earlier! Excellent! 🙂
That was what made it so special. I never knew this photo existed. Thank you so much. 🙂
Is this what you call synchronicity or something… What an experience. Great pictures of you an Dad.
This certainly is something harmonious are serendipity. Thank you Perpetua.
Your father was in the middle of extraordinary history!! How wonderful that you followed his footsteps. A wonderful post, Emily!
Thank you Rebecca. It truly is a spiritual connection. 🙂
How wonderful…