Mexico

Okay, my body had almost gotten used to Maryland time. I was no longer falling asleep at the dinner table, so it was time to move on. Back to California for a few days, just to play another trick on my body, and then off to the time share that Fran and I bought with Jane and Woody Manzer in Tulum, Mexico, on the Yucatan pennisula. Carl and his wife Claudia came along, as did my friend Donna Besaw, and we of course met Jane and Woody there.
We had wonderful weather, and I was able to sit out and watch the restless Caribbean as I used to do with Fran. The memories it brought back were bittersweet, but I was with five wonderful friends, who certainly helped a lot.









Of course we went into Tulum to buy souvenirs, and so that Carl and Claudia could get to see the ruins there. We also took a side trip to Coba one day. It is much more settled now, and there are loads of tourist shops there now as well. I remembered the first few times I went, when the only tourist shop also sold tickets, and if you bought some trinkets they did not care if they sold you a ticket or not, you could go right in. Of course that was years ago, when I was also able to climb both of the very tall pyramids in a single morning.









It was truly an enchanted week for me, with wonderful food, good weather, and most of all, great friends to share it with.