I'm doing a couple of posts tonight when I should be doing homework! This is too fun. You can click on "older posts" to amuse yourselves if you'd like. :)
While Mark was playing "Where in the world is...Mark Taylor!?" (a bit from the Today show with Matt Lauer for those of you who were like, "huh?"), the kiddos and I headed to the great outdoors of Alaska! Yes, Mark went to the exotic places of Budapest, Hungary and Thailand (for work, supposedly), but we decided to see a part of the US that we never thought we would see. Well, we mostly went because my bestie from the Berkeley days lives there. Her and I were best of friends and our daughters (our firstborns) were besties as well. We were pregnant with our seconds together and Mark got a job with Crispin in FL and we parted ways. It was so fun to see them again. It's the kind of friendship that picks up right where you left off and time between us didn't matter.
Mindy and David were quite the tour guides...sand dunes, rafting, fishing, zoo, ice skating, glaciers, hiking, and Mindy pulling around on the highway to see moose, beluga whales, etc. We saw a bear on the river and lots of eagles! We tried Salmon for the first time because we are not fishy food people and we loved it! The kids wanted to camp, but due to lots of rain and cold we wimped out. But...we did set up a tent...not in the backyard, but the upper deck of their house. Why there, you ask? Oh, because a bear was sighted next door! A few days after we left a bear invaded their garage. Thanks for waiting till we left Mr. Bear.
It was an amazing time and there are memories that will last a lifetime! Love you Hymas' and Alaska!
I've called us the Texas Taylors, the Traveling Taylors, etc., but this blog is about the times we share...times we laugh, times when we lean on each other, times we're frustrated, times that are the every day, mundane type of times and times when I just down right need to vent. It's about LIFE! The Taylor's are not perfect, but together we try to keep it all together and love each other through the good, the bad and the ugly.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Hola Mexico!
Before Mark had to whirl around the world (literally), we decided to do a quick family trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico! We went to the forbidden land of drug cartels and kidnappings! That makes us sound sooooo rebellious! It was totally fine. The taxi cab driver reassured me of this as we exchanged a whole, long conversation in Espanol. Wow, I kind of impressed myself that I could still get by on my Spanglish.
I was a bit worried that I or others in mi familia might get parasites and vomito mucho, but all was muy bien. Look...u can learn another language on MY blog. LOL!
Anyhoooo, the highlight for us was the zoo in the jungle. We played with a giraffe and his tongue (see pic below), watched lions mate (twice, they were exhibitionists), played with a jaguar (well, a wired fence was between us) AND held baby lions and tigers. We really wished we could bring one home and domesticate it. Don't worry, we would de-fang and de-claw it so it wouldn't maul our children.
One day we rented a boat with a young adorable local Mexican. He took us to the oldest village in PV, Yelapa. You can only get there by boat! Thanks for that tip, Hymas'! We also snorkeled Los Arcos. The kids adopted the local stray dogs and we told them to enjoy it while it lasted because you won't have it at home. Mean, huh! Maybe one day a "lost dog" will show up at our door and Mark will have no choice in the matter. Just kidding, Babe.
Overall, our stay in Mexico was MUY BIEN and MUY DIVERTIDO (fun, there you go, expand your vocabulary for when you go!)!!!
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