Josh and I just went on the most amazing trip of our lives we toured ancient ruins in the Yucatan Peninsula and spent some quality time with each other and family. I didn't think we would be able to go on this great adventure because of Josh's rotation schedule but at the last minute his Shiprock rotation fell through and he was "forced" to take his vacation month in July which happened to be perfect timing. Thanks to Josh's parents, Joseph, Laura, Michelle and the Palmers we were able to leave Ty and Riss without having anxiety the whole trip. We were gone 11 days and it was the greatest adventure I have ever been on. The first picture is of Tulum a ruin next to the Caribbean ocean it was gorgeous, we swam on the beach below and got drenched by a tropical storm. Wow those storms are furious and then they are gone the clouds are beautiful ever changing.
This is a picture of Palenque we went to huge ruins in the middle of the jungle, every place we went I tried to imagine the people who had lived there and what their lives were like. I wish I could put up more pictures to show all the details and places we explored. I will tell you it was unreal completely unlike anything I could have imagined and very humid and hot. I actually got quite tan which is rare for me. We climbed up moutains and cruised down rivers and hiked through the jungles, we even went cave tubing! We flew into Mexico and then traveled in a tour bus across the Mexican country.
Here is our group there were 38 people and our tour guides were from Pinetop Arizona the truly fun part was that all of these people are my
extended family on the Adams side. My Mom and Dad went on this trip last year and had such a great time they wanted to put together a trip so we could all come and experience it too. My grandpa who is 84 and my granna who is 82 even came and had a great time. I was cool to see the ruins that were built and dated from 400BC to 1400AD. They were fascinating just observing the sheer size of the cities. There is a possibility that some of these ruins are from the people of the Nephites and Lamanites. That was amazing in its self to see the area where the Book of Mormon stories originated. This is a big group but if you look close Josh and I are on the third row up left side. All of my brothers and sisters came with their spouses except Brittaney who had her baby the day before we came home. Needless to say we laughed a lot. Oh and sweat a lot too.
This is a a city that has been uncovered but the crazy part is that mountain on the left side of the picture probably has uncovered ruins as well. There are hundreds of cities that haven't been uncovered due to the cost and labor needed to make it happen. Josh and I loved Mexico. Josh was pretty good at speaking Spanish which meant we had plenty of delicious fruit drinks . . . we recommend the Jugo Tropical for anyone staying in Chetumal
