Mexico.
Our first driving trip to Mexico, in 1974, took us to Monterrey, Tampico, Vera Cruz and finally Jalapa. Our second driving trip was to Parras, which is a desert town between Monterrey and Torreon. Other trips, by air, were to Cozumel, Acapulco and later to Cancun. The black and white photos were from our first trip.
Kathy, on our drive from Vera Cruz to Jalapa.
Tamales for sale. Valladolid.
Lady with sewing, Valladolid.
Town square, Valladolid.
San Servacio Cathedral, Valladolid, was built in 1706.
One of the cathedral towers of San Servacio.
Young lady in Valladolid shows off the bow in her hair.
Two of the wait staff at the Las Campanas restaurant.
During our first trip to Mexico we stopped at a roadside restaurant to eat. Afterwards we walked to the beach to watch a group of local men haul in their fishing nets. The black beaches were the result of volcanic eruptions long past.
Fisherman. Near Tuxpan.
Beach near Tuxpan.
Money exchange. Jalapa.
Monkey and man. Jalapla.
Street photographer, Jalapa.
The Grenadines
After a three-week sailing trip in The Grenadine islands, we spent our last night anchored on the far side of Grenada. We were rewarded with the most beautiful sunset that kept changing from one moment to the next.
Our home away from home for a few weeks.
Terry Jones, one of our captains, along with Dale Evens.
Mustique, one of the Grenadine islands and home to the extremely wealthy. We spent election night here at Basil's Bar and saw Barack Obama elected president.
The women take down the mainsail.
We made sure people knew we had voted for Obama. The night after the election fireworks lit up the sky over the harbor.
The Tobago Cays Marine Park in the Grenadines.
Snorkeling with the big sea turtles at Tobago Cays.
Beautiful sunsets every night.
As I was saying.
This is Walter who said he was the man with the golden smile. He was selling shirts and jewelry.
Storm coming.
Kathy and Becky taste some cocoa beans.
Bags of nutmeg and cocoa beans at a spice plantation on Grenada.
Cocoa plantation overseer in the Grenada highlands.
Anchored off Mayreaux, Grenadine Islands.
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Cape Breton.
Lobster fishermen setting out their traps.
Kathy and Becky found a treasure trove of pretty, smooth rocks.
Somehow a number of these rocks ended in my golf bag and are now resident in our backyard in Austin.
Cape Breton coastline.
Kathy is calling the whales. And we actually saw some here.
