The ziplining pack!

Left to Right ... Tina, Tad, Gene, Mike, Darcy, Cody and Lindsay ... of course me, too!

Ziplining in the Canopy of Trees

We are like monkeys in trees except we are double harnessed to lines that take us from tree to tree. No swinging involved, just zipping along with the greatest of ease! We begin to zipline a very short distance with very little height from the ground. We are taught posture and technique. Gradually each "step" of the way (we literally climb steps up to the next zipline platform), we go higher and faster. We reach a total distance about 90 feet in the air in the "Canopy" of the Trees and a top speed of about 55 MPH! We would do again!

So who does ziplining?

We do! we love it! what a blast!

This is where we attended Christmas Eve services

Parroquia De NTRA, SRA. De Guadalupe

Around Puerto Vallarta

The "flea market" of Mexican souvenirs. A walk through town reveals many sidewalk food "courts." A suspension bridge to the more shopping area. This bridge could swing so radically that when we walked on it ... someone in our group thought it would be funny to mess with us! We are all grabbing the fence to balance ourselves. You don't see Gene in front of the camera, do you?

The Malecon

On the waterfront, the Malecon where people walk, run, shop, eat or just hang out.

Los Tulles Resort

We are here @ Los Tulles Resort in Puerto Vallarta. The grounds are gorgeous here Here is a pic of one of the ground decorations here so reflective of the cultural influence in the area. We ventured out each day exploring the area and learning more about popular destination.

Happy Man!

Having a bit of fun with my camera, I grabbed a pic of Gene enjoying his new Bose noise reducing headphones. With all his traveling ... those airplanes are noisy ... I wanted to give him the gift of quietness ... especially when he sleeps on the plane. Now he can boogie to the music or hear the movie easier. The headphones worked great! I had to poke him to get his attention. I asked him why he was wearing his sunglasses on the plane ... he said he was getting ready for our arrival in Puerto Vallarta! Landing was still 3 hours away!

From the air

Although the visibility declined somewhat, I took a pic of the Columbia River ... that divides Washington and Oregon ... as well as an interesting shot of snow patterns as viewed from a bird's perspective ... but then again, I don't think any bird flies this high ... except an aerobird.

Fly away

I just love to fly out of the Seattle area! Anticipation of being able to see Mount Rainier and the Cascades as well as the Olympic Mountains are just about more than I can stand. I could just view this part of the world for hours. I had my pocket Olympic camera ready just in case there might be an opportunity. It was an overcast day flying out of Seattle so imagine my excitement when I saw Mount Rainier poking through the clouds as we broke out on top of the clouds. Yea! What a photo!

Christmas trip

We took a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for the Christmas holidays. Our friends, Tad & Tina, who sailed their sailboat, Imagine to Mexico this past fall, invited us to come visit and stay in one of their timeshare condos. What a generous gift! Tad & Tina ... if you recall from our sailing trip to Princess Louisa ... "followed" us with their sailboat on that trip. Now they are in Mexico enjoying the culture there and enjoying the challenge of the cruising life. They share an incredible story of their adventure with their own blog site. Look for the link on my blogger if you are interested and read all about it. Tina is very truthful from her perspective of the sail south and found it quite challenging. Tad, being like most men, loved the challenge! And so my story starts ...