Renee's vacation

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I was warm the complete day. At the very end as the sun was covered by clouds and we were walking to our car in open space, the wind was cold but bearable. As Steve appropriately said, state of bliss.

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Well I don't care about the cold. The cold will never stop me from exploring. It's driving rain that I don't like. I never want to go through another day like 3 or 4 weeks ago when we were exploring in the rain and high winds. Yes, it was fun, but I really got wet!
TeeGate said:
I was warm the complete day. At the very end as the sun was covered by clouds and we were walking to our car in open space, the wind was cold but bearable. As Steve appropriately said, state of bliss.

Guy
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BarryC said:
Well I don't care about the cold. The cold will never stop me from exploring. It's driving rain that I don't like. I never want to go through another day like 3 or 4 weeks ago when we were exploring in the rain and high winds. Yes, it was fun, but I really got wet!
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Yeah, that was uncomfortable but still a good day.
 
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bach2yoga

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JerseyJim said:
you can tell Renee is away on vacation, look how quiet the board has been.
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Well, it seems to have picked up!

I have lotsa pics...one of the orchids looked very similar to our calapogon...I'll have to figure out how to show them to you Jim. Maybe I'll put them on disk or something.

We got back late last night...we were in sunny Tulum, Mexico, a
couple of minutes from the ruinas....
It was quite wonderful. We stayed near the Sian Kaan biosphere,
south of Playacar and Playa del Carmen, away from the hustle and
bustle of the busy tourist areas.
While there we visited the Tulum ruins--striking Mayan ruins on the
cliffs, and spent the better part of two days in the rainforest
exploring. We also took an open air power boat down an ancient Mayan
trade route from a brackish laguna to a freshwater laguna, and saw a
number of orchids and epiphytes/bromeliads along the way, and a
Mayan ruina deep within the rainforest which may have been used as
some sort of a custom stop. The ultimate in ghost towns! :)
I made friends with two spider monkeys, and we played with them for
about an hour. Man are they ornery critters! The little one enjoyed
chasing the iguanas around.
Another day we went horseback riding on the beach (Mexican saddle), and
went swimming in the ocean on the horses' back (bareback).
We also went swimming in a cenote, went cave exploring, ocean
kayaking, snorkeling, etc.
All in all a wonderful vacation!
Am hoping to get out Saturday looking for some putty root orchid and
perhaps find another swamp pink population...the leaves are out
still, and the green should stand out against all of the brown right
now.
Renee
 
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bach2yoga

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btw, there is a yellow parasitic vine that grows down there that looks just like dodder....apparently a member of the Cuspata genus, with many species growing worldwide.
We saw four different types of mangrove trees down there--some with "snorkels", one with air roots, and another that may use its leaves. The gray mangrove is commonly called "buttonwood" down there and looks very similar to our heaths, our huckleberries and blueberries.
So now I will stick to sycamore, not buttonwood!
Renee
 
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