Lake Atitlan

This past weekend was sunny and beautiful! I haven’t been swimming in the lake since September 15^th (I remember the date because it was our anniversary). Brandon takes Kirby down to swim off of the dock directly in front of our house pretty much every day. There is a small sandy beach there but it is a gathering place for the plastic and trash that washes down from the village. Some days the area is clean and other days not so much.

If you walk 2 minutes farther past our house there is a rocky patch that opens up to a lovely swimming spot. This is where you would have found us this past weekend!

The lake’s health is at risk due to population growth and lack of water treatment around the lake. We tried to find a current article describing the lake’s current health but were not able to find one…hmm.  The community and villages surrounding the lake depend on it for food and drinking water. If the lake dies so does the communities way of life.

This link takes you to some interesting info regarding the lake (click on the word lake folks).

In our home we have a water filtration system that we use for cooking, drinking, brushing our teeth ect. We also have a vegetable wash that we use to thoroughly clean any produce that we buy. There is a Watershed Authority that partners with a local University that puts out water safety notices that alert when we can and should not swim in the lake. It is currently safe!

XOXO,

Katie and Brandon