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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 1:32 pm
Marm! My Dad and his wife live in Washington, PA, which is a 5 hour drive from our house. And it's about 4 hours from here to where the PA turnpike meets 79 South. So, I'm figuring living in Ann Arbor would knock about 5-6 hours off your drive west to see your parents. (assuming you are currently about an hour or two east of where 79 meets the PA turnpike) East Lansing is a 90 minute drive northwest from here. And yup, Jackson is roughly equidistant. Were you a Foote Hospital baby? I hope to meet y'all, too, if you come to MI to interview. Tulum is on the Carribean coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, south of Cancun. In the travel biz, that stretch of coastline is referred to as the Mayan Riveria. We are actually staying nearer to Akumal, which is near Tulum. <hopes for geography points from Tess for this post.>
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 5:18 pm
Foote hospital baby! It makes a great joke! Enjoy the Maya area of Mexico. I lived in a Kek'che Maya village for 5 days in Guatemala. Gilligan's Island style huts and T shaped longhouses. No electricity. Out houses with hissing cockroaches. I actually loved meeting the people, and exploring the rain forest. You are going to have a much more luxurious Maya experience than I. I think that the ruins are awesome! Bon Voyage!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 3:59 pm
Woo Hoo! One more day of work, and then a week of fun in the Mexican sun!
  Loved your post, Marm! Would like to hear more about that trip sometime...!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 4:14 pm
Hope Nancy is having a great time at Disneyworld and will bring back pictures! Is Mak1 back from Florida yet? How long is Texannie's cruise? Hope they are having fun. RG, we all look forward to your pictures too. Babyruth and MsSweetpea, wave at me on your way over, Okay? Marm, have a great weekend!
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 10:46 am
Hi Guys! Just got back at 4 am this morning! It was probably the worst return trip I've ever had! Thank goodness the vacation was so wonderful! Where do I start? Maybe by chapters... Chapter 1~ Arriving in Paradise. The hotel was fabulous, the beach was amazing, and the weather, well... perfect!! And about 110 degrees warmer then when I left Minnesota. The first day we just walked the beach, had some margaritas and ate some seafood (they have so many fantastic restaurants in Ixtapa it was hard to choose.)
We went to bed fairly early (midnight) so that we could be rested for day 2. Chapter 2~ Fun in the sun, and too much Corona Spent the next day at the pool and beach. I prefer to be near the beach but the folks we traveled with liked the pool, so we kind of went back and forth. It was hot, we were thirsty and nothing tastes better then a ice cold Corona with a lime. Problem is we were out there from about 10am.... ahhhhh... thank goodness for siestas!
Chapter 3~ Near death experience Spent the next day doing some shopping and more sunning. Got showered and changed about 7 and headed out for dinner. I had lobster and some fantastic french onion soup... also nibbled on others appetizers. We finished our meals and decided to head downtown for some dancing. As soon as we got there{Carlos and Charlies} I realized something was amiss... my hands and face started to itch, then my feet, armpits ect... then the inside of my mouth and throat started to swell. Michael and I headed back to the hotel, but it was a long walk and I was losing steam. He probably half carried me the last 4 blocks... poor guy! We got to the front desk and asked that they call the doctor and then things got worse. I guess I collapsed, so they scooted me behind the desk so I wouldn't die in front of the horrified guests. The doctor wasn't coming, wasn't coming so they loaded me into a taxi to take me to emergency when just then the doctor arrived, gave me some injections and within about 15 minutes I was doing much better. They wheeled me up to my room in a wheelchair (did I mention that this was very embarrassing??)) Chapter 4~ They give good drugs in Mexico The doctor gave me a sedative and told Michael I would be pretty drowsy the whole next day... I felt like I took about 6 valium so I just sorta floated through that whole next day. I think we had a really nice day, but I'll have to check with Michael and get back to you on that. Chapter 5~ Swimming with the Dolphins This is something I always wanted to do, and had fully planned on it until the near death experience, and hearing the doctor say he would charge his $1100 fee onto our room. Michael being the wonderful hubby he is tells me that even though we had a bit of an unexpected expense, he still wants me to experience this dream of mine. It was wonderful! I spent an hour hugging, kissing ,and being towed around the pool by 6 of the sweetest creatures. Their skin feels like satin and although they are really big, they are so graceful.. It was wonderful, Awesome, spectacular!!!!
Chapter 6~ Parasailing, massages, and romantic walks on the beach No, I didn't do it, But my hubby did go parasailing and it really did look fun. I had a really hard time jumping from a 15 foot bridge with the TVCHERS last summer, so being hauled around 100 feet in the air was just a little more then I could handle, and plus.. I already had MY neardeath experience. I did however indulge several times in the $15 an hour massages. They are right on the beach in gauzy tents and boy can they do a massage!! Plus listening to the sound of the waves crashing really adds to the whole experience. We probably walked 50 miles of beach over the 7 days, and evenings were my favorite time.
Chapter 6~ Adios Ixtapa!! We had to get to the airport by 11:30 am, for what? I don't know, I think it helps fuel the economy for us to have nothing to do but shop the airport stores for 4 hours... We sat there until 4 pm and then FINALLY got on our plane. THEN we were told we would be stopping in Loredo Texas to go through customs. OK, I think... how bad could that be? BAD! If that is the federal government at work, we are in deep shit! They couldn't get the conveyer belt to work so they brought out the luggage one piece at a time, called for the owner to claim it and then went through it. We stood in line there for about 2 hours... but it wasn't nearly over yet! Then we had to stand in line to recheck the bags.... 1 1/2 hours! Then 10 of us at a time would go through the final security checkpoint.... another hour... We finally left Loredo at 9:30 pm, the time we were to be landing in Fargo (our final destination) We got to Fargo to find that the weather wasn't cooperating and we had to drive 2 hours, in blowing and drifting snow.... I was a wee bit tense and wishing for those Mexican drugs! Oh which by the way, when we checked out of our hotel and payed the doctors bill, it was $100... he had told us the cost in pesos!! Thank Goodness!!! Well, I've missed you all so much and missed tons of my shows!I have no idea how I'll catch up on whats going on... But it's good to be home!
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Mware
Member
09-14-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 11:41 am
Way to go, RG! What a great trip! I'm so glad you had an awesome time, and I'm also glad that you're home. Cool pictures - thank you for sharing your adventure with us!
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Firebird05
Member
08-24-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 3:12 pm
Beautiful pics RG! I wish I was there. Sounds like you had a wonderful time except for the near death thing anyway. Do you think you accidently injested some peanut oil or some such thing? Glad to hear you and Michael made it home safely. I had to LOL at the bill in pesos tho, I bet you guys were really relieved when you found out. It's so cool that you got to swim with the dolphins, I have always wanted to do that. It's good to have ya back girlie. Talk to ya soon. B.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 3:22 pm
Wow, what a beach. And no one is on it!! So beautiful. And the dolphins!! What an experience! Sorry about your allergic reaction, but glad you finally got medical care. Didn't dampen your spirits for the rest of the vacation, did it? I can see why, with this beauty all around you. Glad you had a marvelous time.
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 3:34 pm
WOW! Awesome photos! I'm green with envy over your dolphin swim!
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 3:50 pm
Nah HP... nothing woulda dampened my spirits... just was even MORE careful about what I ate. Birdie, I don't know if it was nuts or just some weird fluke~ The fact that the beaches weren't crowded just made it so much better. We will be going back there because we loved it so much, and also we met several couples that have condos and are willing to rent them to us, so we will be exchanging info on that soon. I did forget to mention that my hubby went deep sea fishing. I will post a picture of the GIANT that he caught. We also took a day trip over to Ixtapa Island to go snorkling. The snorkling wasn't as good as it was in Cozumel, but it was a fun day.

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Lucy
Member
10-08-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 4:27 pm
RG, Glad you had such a great time...cept for that allergic reaction. Your pictures are wonderful, thank you for sharing them. I especially liked the one with the dolphins and hubby's great catch (of course that could be you or the fish). I'm starting to get excited now, only 3 more days!
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 4:36 pm
Lucy, You are going to have so much fun!!! If you have a chance and want to email me, I'll post updates for you on the board. We had a nice internet cafe on the cruise ship we were on. I looked for one in Ixtapa (well not real hard) and didn't see one. Or maybe you'll be having way too much fun to even think about us! LOL!! Either way! Have a great time and post pics when you get home!
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Lucy
Member
10-08-2002
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 6:19 pm
Thanks, RG..I'll see what I can do about giving you updates. Now, I was just wondering if you could FedEx your cute sundresses to me?
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 8:23 pm
 
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 10:23 pm
Bye, bye Babyruth and Sweetpea!! Have a fabulous vacation!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 10:37 pm
RG, sounds like a wonderful time, and your pics are great! So sorry you got the allergic reaction. That sounds very frightening, as does the doctor's bill!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 10:43 pm
We had our first very good weather today, so to celebrate, we went to Mt. Baker to see the snow and take pictures. Mt. Baker is about an hour and a half from my house. These pictures are Mt. Shuksan, which you can see when you are ON Mt. Baker:
On the way back, we stopped in the tiny town of Glacier at the foot of Mt. Baker and had antipasto and salad at an Italian restaurant.

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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 10:53 pm
Loverly, Juju. How come I am sitting at my computer and you are enjoying mountains and great food??? HuH??? Such a beautiful life!!!! Glad you are a partaker, dawg!!!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 10:17 am
I'm in BOSTON right now, paying per minute for internet....a sign of a TRUE TVCH addict! Conference is crowded and there wasn't room at the concert, so I went shopping/internet surfing. I need to find a prof from the college that I'm interviewing at next week. He wants to meet for coffee. Sunday I drive to Rochester NY for the interview (NOT at Eastman, but at a very good college). I will want to stay put for a while after this turmoil!
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 10:56 am
WOW juju!! Your pictures are breathtaking!! I usually want to go to warm weather climates but if that's the scenery where it's cooler, well, I may have to head thata way!!!
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 10:58 am
Oh and Lucy... I would have loved to ship you my dresses!! Next time we'll have to arrange our vacations farther apart and share!!!
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 12:18 pm
Hey Marm! Wonderful photos Juju! And,you're lunch is making me hungry!!! YUM!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 10:58 pm
This time I was nowhere near the nutty salad, RG. Glad you are okay. <whew>
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 11:10 pm
RG--what great pictures of your vacation! Sorry to hera of your allergic reaction--I'm glad you are ok! It looks like you and hubby had a wonderful time with everything you did. Juju--great picture of Shuksan! Are you a fan of authentic Italian food? BR--have a great vacation Dr. Marm, you are quite the mover and shaker recently! I hope things can slow down for you, and I hope you get to choose from more than one place for where you want to roost for your next job.
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Sage
Member
07-20-2000
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 11:30 pm
Love the story about your trip RG, and man, what a scare you had. I'm sure glad you didn't perish from that incident. Juju, love the photos of MT. Shuksan. Makes me want to be there and see it too. We had nice sunny weather here yesterday too, but alas, the clouds returned today.
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