Andes Mountains

And there’s nothing like a monkey calling your attention to the importance of protecting your children. More specifically, when your child swings across a valley like a monkey . . . by herself upside down and far from the protective oversight of her parents.

As only nature, hindsight, and a cable car precariously hanging from a wire can do, it provides perspective. When you’re down in the heart Quito, exhaust belching busses block the greater environment. But above the glut, the Andes mountains frames Quito.