It’s the tortoise life for me! 1.. If walking is good for your health, the postman would be immortal. 2.. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water, but is still fat. 3.. A rabbit runs...Read More
“The surest fertilizer of a movement is the blood of martyrs.”  Bernard DeVoto The Year of Decision 1846 This a great book about the Polk administration. The war with Mexico, the Donner...Read More
Mexico is so safe that  the bus drivers collect fares, make change and have buckets  of money on display. The service at the  hotels and restaurants is great  and the beaches are world  class!Â...Read More
Last week Howard R. and I went to Bahia de los Angeles for a diving adventure and we had one. The drive down was amazing. It has rained in the cactus forest and even the Boojem trees are green. Th...Read More
“The border has not always been a barrier and there is no reason to think that it will not become something else in the future.” Rachel St. John Line in the Sand: A History of the Western ...Read More
After a lot of procrastinating here finally are an album of photos from our trip to Cancun last month with Howard and Aty. Full Album Here Teaser Photos here: Tourists History Action sports Sun Life i...Read More
The opening of the map exhibit at CECUT in Tijuana last Friday was wonderful. Carlos Garcia, Armando Orso, Simon Burrow Carlos and Armando were the prime movers in getting the exhibit approved and ins...Read More
A few hours drive south of Cancun on an excellent highway are the ruins of Tulum a Mayan site that has been very well restored. After our visit to Tulum we drove north a few miles to Akumal and had a ...Read More
La Frontera, which I think is the largest paper in Tijuana, ran a full page story about the opening of the Changing Boundaries map exhibit at CECUT. It appears that people of Mexico are more intereste...Read More
We stayed at the Royal Solaris Resort in Cancun last week and it was beautiful. To keep track of all the guests at this all-inclusive resort they give you a color coded bracelet when you check in. ...Read More