Journey – Road trip adventures

A friend of mine mentioned wanting to visit Mexico's Copper Canyon. I'd heard about this place ever since I was a kid, though I didn't know much about it. Looking at a few pictures convinced me - YES! Let's go!

(It's so hard to convince me to take a road trip!) 😉 ...
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I was sitting in Tucson during June 2017, trying to work on some Zennie projects in temps that reached 115 degrees. 🙁 Eventually, I came to my senses, and realized that I shouldn't be there!

It was definitely time for a US road trip! My first thought was to get to some mountains, FAST, in search of high elevations, tall pine trees, and brisk alpine air... ...
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Trip theme: Beaches and exploration!

I was following the Sonoran coastline, which of course involves beaches on the Sea of Cortez. And I was also planning to drive the "new highway" along the coast -- so new that it didn't even show up on any of my maps.

How could a trip like that not be a ton of fun? 🙂 ...
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This is where Zennie and I started our travels - in the USA.

Wherever we've gone, we've discovered beautiful and fascinating places. Some are magnificent and awe-inspiring, others small and charming, but all of them are wonderful. You could spend a lifetime exploring the US, but there's still the rest of the world to see. 😀 ...
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Me gusta Mexico! 🙂

This wonderful country is huge, with SO many beautiful beaches, friendly people, amazing ruins, picturesque peaks, and culinary delights. I love it, and want to spend some serious time here exploring. Yay! ...
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Guatemala is a charming country with a difficult past. The beautiful colonial city of Antigua is littered with ruins of churches and monasteries that were demolished in various earthquakes.

The active volcanoes pose another threat. One morning I woke up in Quetzaltenango to find the streets covered in ash, but people there seem to take it in stride -- nothing unusual, nothing to worry about! 😮 ...
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