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Whale sharks! This year’s father/daughter trip to Playa del Carmen was an unforgettable swim with these huge gentle monsters.We started the 3-day adventure with a short snorkel in the Cenote Minotauro. Cenotes are underground water systems, some open, partially open, or completely underground caves. The Mayan used them for water sources and sometimes for humanContinue reading “Father/Daughter Trip August 2025”

With both of us on opposite coasts, it was time to meet in the middle for this year’s trip.

Table Rock State Park was a perfect location for the first SC camping trip for Dorie and me.

I’m still working on the 3,000 ft peaks in SC and this group of four was uneventful, almost…

Dorie and I planned a trip to Maine to get out of the Carolina heat. Ken and Quinn joined us there. We didn’t know Tropical Storm Debbie would meet us there.

The Hotter’n Hell 100 in Wichita Falls, TX in August has met its match…the 3-day SC Ride to End Alzheimer’s.

Finally, a SC peak with a forest road/path. Well at least one anyway.

Two more South Carolina mountains but with some interesting environs.

Well they’re totally different than the Sierra. Trees. Lots of trees.

Cerro La Cruz (El Arco) is the imposing lump of a mountain at the tip of Los Cabos and needed climbing.