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A very long and exhausting day.  I forced myself to roll out of the bed at 5:15 AM in order to be ready to catch the 6:00 bus to Tikal.  I...

    Few have hated tobacco as much as I do.  In the 1980’s I made enemies at our Forest Service when I submitted a written complaint to mana...

    The other day I biked up the road a bit.  Because our road runs along a mountain slope, there are numerous springs that feed springlets ...

    I had to drive up to Prince George on Wednesday for a periodontist appointment.  It is a 135 mile (217km) drive, which can be pretty mon...

My flight to the jungle ruins of Tikal, landed in the closest city which is  Flores, Guatemala.  It was a big plane that was only half ful...

Despite the bus driver’s nod, my basic insecurity wouldn’t allow me any peace of mind.  I didn’t know where my airport was, and I wasn’t 1...

N ext morning I was out on the street at 8:00.  I had my breakfast (a hamburger and a Coke) with Martin and a guy from New Zealand.  Then ...