We took three days during the autumn school break to visit Mesa Verde. Ana and I visited last when we were newly married.
I won’t be posting many pictures of the ruins in the park—others have far better pictures than ours.
Thursday: Dead Horse Point
We first stopped at Dead Horse Point. The air was a little dusty:
We ate in Moab at Zax; I had the Beef Hobo—recommended.
I regularly pull photos off of my iPhone and store them in my Synology for safe keeping (I also protect against the nuclear option by backing up my Synology to AWS Glacier).
This has worked well for me (except I’m still looking for something to help with organization—drop me a line if you have recommendations) but tonight I came across a new problem.
I wanted to put a Live Photo back on my phone after having archived it. I found the original photo, but when you pull them off, Live Photos become two separate files.
This isn’t a travel guide, it’s just my notes from 8 days we spent on the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico in January 2016. The first section is a day-by-day account of what we did, the second section has practical, topical notes such as working with Mexican currency, dealing with police, getting around, etc.
Thursday, 7 January 2016
We arrived in Cancún in the late afternoon, but the lines through security were long and we chose the slow line. Tip: see how many security officers handle each line and choose the line with the most officers.
Some photos from Arches National Park:
And one of my siblings eating sand: