Adios, Mexico y Muchas Gracias

We had a wonderful time in Mexico. It was amazing to return to where we spent our honeymoon and to get to share an all new Mexico experience with Greg and Sally. We will treasure our memories from this trip for many cold winters to come.

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Xel-Ha: swimming with the fishes

Xel-Ha was very cool. It is a natural aquarium, formed by the meeting of a fresh water river with the ocean, creating an ideal location for snorkeling.

We saw many different types of fish. Some were brightly colored (yellow stripes or bright blue). Others tended to blend in with the sand and surprise me when they [...]

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Chichen Itza

The pyramid, or the structure known as El Castillo, is the famous image of Chichen Itza. Here I am sitting at the base of it.

The pyramid itself shows the advanced geometry skills of the Mayan people. The pyramid creates a number of isoceles triangles shadows on the side of the stairs shown on the [...]

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Sacred Mayan Cenote

On our way to Chichen Itza, our tour stopped at a sacred Mayan cenote, or underground well. From ground level the cenote was fairly well hidden, but after following some stairs down into the ground…

we found ourselves in a beautiful underground cave, alive with vegatation, wildlife and cool running water.

Stairs along the side of the [...]

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Back from Mexico

We recently got back from Mexico. Greg and Sally Anderson (Noah’s parents) were very generous in taking us to stay at the Catalonia resort with them.

The resort was beautiful. We were spoiled with sun, sand and waves in the middle of Nebraska winter.

The resort had lots to offer with water sports, food, drinks and [...]

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