Hi all - Just back a couple of days from our two-week tour of Baja, Mexico with the kids. Can't write much now - have four houseguests who will be waking up soon - but we had a fabulous time and many adventures, and I learned lots of new things, such as: - the best way to treat Portuguese Man-o-war stings is to rub vinegar into them - burros can be very cute and dog-like in their devotion to their master (who knew? Of course, Einstein was a very special burro ) - you can get excellent medical care at the Centro de Especialidades Medicales in La Paz (S13 broke his ankle, but not badly, and not until near the end of the trip - they took fine care of him there) - Cardons are the tallest cacti in the world - similar to saguaro but bigger - cirios, or "boojum trees", grow so slowly that a 50 foot tree is 500 years old - and I'm SURE Dr. Seuss must have travelled to the place in Baja which is their only habitat, because his drawings MUST have been inspired by these crazy upside-down hairy-carrot things
We had a great time and the snorkeling in Cabo Pulmo was spectacular.
Now - to get S18 ready to leave for college on Friday!
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