Friday, January 25, 2008 If you travel to Mexico and don't know Spanish...the road signs with the "E" crossed out means No Parking. We picked that up along the way...it could prove useful. Today was one of the most incredible days of my life. Today. I'm sharing it with you, but unfortunately the only photographs of the best parts are the ones stored to memory. I thought I should warn you in advance. Today I met two retired men - Bill from outside of Toledo, Peter from Canada, and one middle aged Mexican with shaggy naturally highlighted hair from long days in the sun named Sergio. Today. Alex and I dove the Chac-Mool Cenotes - Little Brother and Kukulcan with Bill, Peter, and Sergio. It must have been the summer after third grade going into fourth ... read more

We are here...there are no apostrophe or quotation marks on this keyboard...and the @ sign is on the key for Q. The _ key is down by the shift....it is throughly confusing me. The flight in was great...I sat next to a middle aged woman named Susan who lives in Farmington Hills and did not mind getting up for me to walk (I opted not to do a shot in the belly even though I am off the blood thinner...the doc said it is not necessary for shorter flights, but they have not done research yet to know what is considered shorter). We are at a huge resort that you have to walk about 10 to 15 minutes just to get to the pool. The place is pretty nice, but I would not recommend it to ... read more

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We signed up for a package that included a helicopter ride, white water rafting, a jet boat ride, and something they call a Canyon Swing. While we were in Rotoura we saw a swing that the people were strapped into a metal cage and then the cage is raised really high, you pull a cord, and literally swing out from the mountain. On that tv show, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, they did a swing where three people were strapped in on their bellies with a helmet on and the same thing - you swing. When I found out what we were doing and saw video.....tears welled up in my eyes...I was shaking, and queasy. The whole shuttle ride to our destination I kept repeating in my head, "I can do anything...I can do ... read more

This doesn't do the magpie justice as far as how cool their bird song is, but it gives you a pretty good idea. The clip is at the bottom of the website on the right hand side under Calls. The ones I saw did less cawing and more of the funky sound you hear more clearly at the end of the clip. http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=24 ... read more