The day the Covid lockdown started in Puebla, we drove eastwards from Puebla towards Veracruz, a city on the Gulf of Mexico, which we had made sure was not in a “Red Zone” as defined by the Mexican Govt for Covid issues. The first stop on the way was in Xalapa, pronounced Ha-la-pa. Xalapa is…
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Puebla, Mexico December 2020 Our first overseas trip once Covid started was to Mexico on 20th December 2020. Why Mexico? Because Mexico was the only country that would accept US passport holders coming over without any Covid quarantine restrictions. So, we decided to check out Puebla, a city in the central highlands of Mexico, about 1hrs…
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Death Valley National Park, June 2020 After a very nice drive from Yosemite to Shoshone we visited Death Valley National Park proper; starting with a morning stop at China Ranch just outside Tecopa where we had stayed the night before. This is a date ranch that was named after a Chinaman who had worked at…
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After a very nice time in Yosemite, we started heading towards Death Valley National Park, by crossing the continental divide at Tioga Pass and then to Mono Lake; the Tioga Road actually went through Yosemite National Park at its northern boundary. Some scenes along the way Tuolumne Meadows We were out of Yosemite National Park…
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Yosemite, June 2020 After Bacalar Lake in Quintana Roo trip in January 2020, Covid hit and we were all travel curbed and were itching to get out again. In June 2020, after some relaxation of the isolation rules, some flights had re-started, and after it was announced that National Parks were reopening, we decided to…
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