Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Daytrip to Logan
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
I want to ride my bicycle...
Tucker loves his new found freedom. He can't wait until he's good enough to ride his bike to his friends house. We just need to work on some street safety.
Check out the smile on her face.
Just a random video of Cole. I don't really know what he was doing, but he was happy and seemed to be singing to himself.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Mexico Day 1
Cody and I went to Tulum previously and had a Mormon tour guide. We asked for one again and a lady named Ruth became our friend for the next couple hours. It was neat to hear the parallels and her perspective on the ruins in relation to Book of Mormon culture. She has a Master's in symboligy, so we did think she stretched things a bit in her explanations, but oh well, it was still educational and worth our time and money. We started out with a short train ride down to the ruins.
I'm not great at remembering details about places and history, but here are some pictures from our afternoon.
This was pretty cool. Every time the planet Venus completes its rotation (something like every 300 days I think) it lines up exactly through this window on the horizon.
and is visible and perfectly lined up when one stands next to this stone on the opposite side of the temple grounds (the large flat stone in the wall). Pretty spectacular if you ask me. It's amazing what great architects the Mayans were. There is a similar set up on the South side of the temple grounds that does the same thing for the planet Mars (once every 700 days or so).
And one of the coolest things about Tulum, is that it sits right on the edge of the beautiful Caribbean water.
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Day 2
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Day 3
This was supposed to be one of our relaxing beach days, but unfortunately the weather did not cooperate. It was windy and cloudy all day. Cody and Dan returned our rental car to the airport in the morning and Heather and I tried to layout for as long as possible. It turned out to be a good day to return the car as the weather wasn't as conducive to lounging on the beach. It took the guys over two hours to return from the airport by local bus even though the airport is a mere 10 minutes away by car. At least they saved $30 by not taking a taxi and Cody was able to show Dan parts of Cancun most people don't get to see. It was just too cold for much lounging- relatively speaking. We played some card games and when the guys finally returned we hopped on a bus and ate lunch at El Shrimp Bucket. The sun began to peak through a bit while we were eating so when we got back to the hotel, we grabbed our snorkeling gear and walked to a reef 5 minutes from our hotel. The only coral reef located along the hotel zone strip of Cancun is at the southern most tip, which is where we were staying. The reef is located off of Punta Nizuc.
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