Good-bye Mexico, Hello, U.S.A.!!

We planned a land cruise to Cancun, Tulum, and Chichen Itza about three months ago. The time of departure
finally came. We had a fine neighbor boy water the lawn, and some fine grandchildren water the flowers and garden. When we got home the place looked very nice! Good thing, because there is a ton of work in
that yard...remember the wedding??

We met four nice couples on our cruise, three of them from our valley. We had lovely motels, delicious food (altho we ate only food that was peeled or cooked), beautiful scenery, and TONS OF RAIN!! Upon arriving home, we learned that we were in the first tropical storm of the season - named "Arlene". I believe we had ten to fourteen inches of rain!!! On Monday night, it thundered, lighteninged, and dumped rain all night long. The only other distraction was a pair of peacocks talking all night long - at an interval of a second, musically speaking. Talk about a noisy night. We were kept active enough that sleep came easily though. We saw some amazing pyramids, statues, and relics that were very, very old.

Tulum, Ek Balam, and Chichen Itza were just amazing!! So glad we were able to share the trip together.

My right ankle did pretty well, considering all of the walking we did...at landmarks and in airports. At each location I would walk as far as I could, then turn back to the hotel. Not long later, the rain would just dump! Everyone was wet to the skin, but I managed to stay pretty dry! :-)

Our flight was cancelled, so we had to stay overnight at a Marriot Courtyard and get up at 3:00 in the morning. Landing over the Salt Lake Valley was impossible, due to a storm front. The turbulence was frightening!! After diverting to Pocatello and gassing up, we headed back to Utah and were able to land.

John and I both experienced some sort of food poisoning. Diahrrea, upset tummy, body aches. Sure glad it
didn't hit until we were home. Took us two days to recuperate! Glad to be back in the United States of America!!