Valle de Bravo

I just got back from quite an adventure, and firstly, I want to appologize to anyone who has been trying to contact me in the last week and for my delayed responses. I assumed that wifi would be much more accessible than it was, so I was darting around to internet cafe's in my very few spare moments to answer any email inquiries while away. I hope all of my emails went through!! If you didn't hear back from me, please try me again! I certainly want to hear from you.

I was off on a paragliding trip in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. It definitely wasn't "resort" Mexico, so it was full of the colors, sites, and smells that make the Mexican culture so vibrant and unique. Our schedule was quite busy with flying two different world renown paragliding sites, so I hardly took out the camera, but I managed to find about an hour one afternoon to wander the streets of the town.

I've had a bit of an obsession with unique windows and doors while abroad :)

A very typical scene- kids playing in the street, a stray dog, and a VW Beatle.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Yesterday we toured around Lancaster County a bit. One of the coolest things I saw (aside from the horse and buggies everywhere) was their laundry lines. Since the Amish and traditional Mennonites don't use electricity, they all have a massive amount of laundry on lines outside. It just struck me as kind of pretty seeing all of the colorful, traditional dresses swaying in the wind.

Winter Fun in the Sun

It's so great to take a break and relax for a bit!! Right now we're on the island of Kaua'i in Hawaii. These two shots were taken on Oahu's north shore which we spent our first afternon on before island hopping over to Kaua'i. The waves on the north shore were unreal. I'd never seen anything quite like it. They were frightening enough for this prairie girl to stay on the sand!

Check out the snorkling video we took today at Po'ipu beach on Kauai's sunny south shore. There were so many fish, and yet you can never touch them....they're so quick!!

A couple nice beaches: