The Parthenon

Off to Athens

We picked up Brett and Jess then picked up Steve and headed to airport. Steve took our car back to his house and will get it to Dave when he comes into town. The plan is to have Dave use the car while he is in town and we are gone. Dave will park the car at the airport when he flies back home, which is just a few hours before are supposed to arrive. So it will only need to be parked at the airport for a couple hours. We brought an extra key fob with us, so Dave can lock his key in the car when he parks it. I think it鈥檚 a great plan. I guess we鈥檒l see how well it works over the next little while. ...

October 2, 2021 路 4 min 路 jtalbot
Ritual Blessing

Pascual Ab'aj

Before leaving Chichi, we took a short hike up to Pascual Ab鈥檃j, which is a Maya sacred site that survived the arrival of the Spanish. There used to be a carved idol at the site, but some Catholic Action members defaced it in the 1950s. It鈥檚 still an active site, though. You can see real Mayans conducting rituals there every day. Lost and Found Even the cows knew we were lost ...

April 15, 2021 路 3 min 路 jtalbot