Day three! The call to “COFFEE!” was welcome indeed, followed by another good breakfast of pancakes and whatnot. With the confluence of the Little Colorado beckoning, we struck camp and loaded the rafts in record time. We started out by immediately running Kwagunt...
The moon sets as the sun rises in the Grand Canyon Day two, our first full day on the river, dawned clear and cool. I awoke even before first light, restless on my cot, and slept out, after going to bed so danged early. The crew was up and running around before most...
A Grand Canyon river trip is no ordinary experience. From Lee’s Ferry to Lake Mead is a distance of 280 miles, and there are close to 100 named rapids along the route, many of them serious business for even the most experienced river runners. The scenery is...
DAY 26: From: SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE To: MONCLOVA Day 26! It was a hard thing to believe, and a sad thing to contemplate, but we were about to come to the end of our epic adventure in Mexico. We spent the last three days celebrating the Dia de los Muertos in San...
DAY 23: from TEQUISQUIAPAN to SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE! We started Day #23 of our road trip at the Hotel Casablanca in Tequisquiapan, a colonial era town an hour or so east of the city of Queretaro. It’s said to be quite charming, but, sadly, we didn’t get...
The Dia de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, is a national holiday in Mexico that is observed in every part of the country, but there are a few spots that are justifiably famous for having the best, the gaudiest, and the most enthusiastic celebrations of all, attracting...
DAY 22: from OAXACA to TEQUISQUIAPAN! We were down to the last week of our month-long Mexican Road Trip, and each of the few remaining days was locked in. This day, #22, was a driving day: starting from Oaxaca, it was a 400 mile, nine hour slog to Queretaro, where we...
DAY 21: From: SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS To: OAXACA Day 21! We’d been on the road in Mexico for three very full weeks, and for most of that time, we had no fixed itinerary, and no set schedule. We never planned more than a day or two ahead, so the route that...
DAY 20: A World Class Drive! From: PALENQUE To: SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS I’m probably dating myself when I say this, but when I think of the Sierra Madre, the mountain range in Mexico, the image that pops into my mind is all black and white and shades of gray,...
DAY 17: FROM CAMPECHE BACK TO PALENQUE The 17th day of our road trip started out exactly the same as our 16th day: we had breakfast at our hotel, the Hotel del Paseo (near the historic center of old Campeche); then we hit the road. Over the course of the previous...
The Amazing Mayan Murals of Bonampak
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