I'm back in the Kootenays. April finds me back working in the Kootenays after a great winter spent driving and flying back and forth between BC, Alberta and Mexico. I packed up my Xterra and spent a month driving to Acapulco just after Christmas, returning to work in Alberta for the month of February. March found me at a pulpmill shutdown in Castlegar and then I returned to Acapulco and drove with my daughter to Veracruz, where my Xterra still remains. As I type, I worked an 8 hour shift at Teck Metals in the acid plant this morning and am now doing another 8 hours at the Hugh Keenleyside dam this afternoon. Life is good. I don't know what to expect in May but I have concluded I need to go back to Veracruz by July to pick up my Xterra and get it out of Mexico. I have been warned that it becomes the property of the Mexican government if it isn't out of the country by July 4th!
 |
| Leaving the north country |
 |
| San Francisco Waterfront |
 |
| California Redwood |
 |
| Saguaro Cacti in northern Mexico (Sonora) |
 |
I named my buen caballo (good horse) "Rosanthe" after Cervantes faithful steed in the Spanish novel about Don Xixote.
PS. Those are my favourite flower Bougainvillea. |
 |
| Boats in Mazatlan |
 |
| Agave Plants for making tequila |
 |
| Juanajuato - Don Quixote |
 |
| Mi buen caballo (on the beaches of Oregon) |
 |
| Mi buen caballo getting a bath in Dolores Hidalgo, north of Mexico City. |
 |
| Bougainvillea |
 |
| A Sonoran Hotspring in northern Mexico |
 |
| Sonoran Landscape - Beautiful (Just north of Nacozari) |
 |
| The old Mexican City of Alamos |
 |
A must see - Guanajuato
A UN Heritage sight. The streets run in "worm holes" or tunnels under the city. I stayed two extra nights here. |
 |
| My hero - Don Quizote |
 |
| Mexican Beauty |
 |
| Good ol Nacozari de Garcia , Sonora |
 |
| These pics are from my one (and only) night in a Mexican "Hotel"... |
 |
| Mexican Jumping Beans in Alamos |
A
