We live at 10,500ft 30 minutes above Riobamba which is at 8-9k ft elevation. At our house it's usually in the 40s(f) at night and 60s daytime. If it's cloudy, 50s. When the sun is out, I use sunscreen and long sleeves in my garden. It will fry you even though it's in the high 60s. In Riobamba, it feels hot to me most days. Last year, we only received 26" of rain. But we were in a drought. I totally LOVE the weather here. Being from Virginia, I do not miss dark cold depressing winter weather. Right now, we are in what I would call ecuadorian winter. It's a little colder and windy quite often. We have lived here five years. Once it got to 32f early in the morning. We have frost maybe 5x per year. We use a woodstove in the morning and in the evening. But we have one of the most beautiful views of Chimborazo. We pay for that with $150 of wood every 4 months.
Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to share that. Not just for us, but other people reading the comments! Hive mind and whatnot. It's still amazing to me that there are so many different climates in such a small country.
yip, currently in said windy season. I feel its better in the open areas like at our homestead, nothing to rattle around etc. we made sure the roof was well battened down when we built the house. Every windy season we have to cut up 2-3 of the old trees that blow down on the property. Also let me know if you are still in the market for a goat buck. I have 2 preg goats due end august.
How is it there? Our only experience during the windy season was living north of Loja in a neighborhood and it was AWFUL. Dusty, loud, generally exhausting. I bet it's far more manageable with more of your own space to design FOR the wind. We just weren't aware of the windy season, so it was a shock to us! We did find a buck from a neighbor and he's been amazing. We have 3 due in October! But thanks, I appreciate it!
@@tinyhandsbigdreams some dust from our farm road, mainly leaves from the trees blowing around. We water the property a lot so its a green spot in the brown mountains. I'm so happy you found a nice buck! I hope you show off those babies on youtube too. I love seeing goat babies. I'm rather excited for mine to drop babies. 🥰
@@tinyhandsbigdreams so? We will have all our equipment, solar, tent, a car, toilet, water filters...etc. And we will pay for our stay on your property if needed or give a hand with your projects. Whatever....we are coming to EC with a small baby in september and will be driving all over. Or maybe you are introverts like us :)
We live at 10,500ft 30 minutes above Riobamba which is at 8-9k ft elevation. At our house it's usually in the 40s(f) at night and 60s daytime. If it's cloudy, 50s. When the sun is out, I use sunscreen and long sleeves in my garden. It will fry you even though it's in the high 60s. In Riobamba, it feels hot to me most days. Last year, we only received 26" of rain. But we were in a drought. I totally LOVE the weather here. Being from Virginia, I do not miss dark cold depressing winter weather. Right now, we are in what I would call ecuadorian winter. It's a little colder and windy quite often. We have lived here five years. Once it got to 32f early in the morning. We have frost maybe 5x per year. We use a woodstove in the morning and in the evening. But we have one of the most beautiful views of Chimborazo. We pay for that with $150 of wood every 4 months.
Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to share that. Not just for us, but other people reading the comments! Hive mind and whatnot. It's still amazing to me that there are so many different climates in such a small country.
Very, very helpful video
great ep!
love the variability of climate and geography. i often say in ecuador you can choose your weather at-will; nearly yr round
The micro-climates are nuts down there for sure!
Yeah, we heard about it but it's even more micro than we expected!
yip, currently in said windy season. I feel its better in the open areas like at our homestead, nothing to rattle around etc. we made sure the roof was well battened down when we built the house. Every windy season we have to cut up 2-3 of the old trees that blow down on the property. Also let me know if you are still in the market for a goat buck. I have 2 preg goats due end august.
How is it there? Our only experience during the windy season was living north of Loja in a neighborhood and it was AWFUL. Dusty, loud, generally exhausting. I bet it's far more manageable with more of your own space to design FOR the wind. We just weren't aware of the windy season, so it was a shock to us!
We did find a buck from a neighbor and he's been amazing. We have 3 due in October! But thanks, I appreciate it!
@@tinyhandsbigdreams some dust from our farm road, mainly leaves from the trees blowing around. We water the property a lot so its a green spot in the brown mountains. I'm so happy you found a nice buck! I hope you show off those babies on youtube too. I love seeing goat babies. I'm rather excited for mine to drop babies. 🥰
Wet, cold, dismal, gray, pissy and overcast. Welcome to Seattle!
@@KenBalduff oh we know Seattle and the PNW very well! It's a beautiful day here in paradise!
Pictures of folks vacationing on the beach in Washington in August, with their coats on!
Can we camp at your place?
hah! One day when we aren't camping ourselves, maybe!
@@tinyhandsbigdreams so? We will have all our equipment, solar, tent, a car, toilet, water filters...etc. And we will pay for our stay on your property if needed or give a hand with your projects. Whatever....we are coming to EC with a small baby in september and will be driving all over. Or maybe you are introverts like us :)