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Mexico City#2, and The Pyramids of the Sun, and Moon

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For the last leg of our trip, we moved to another part of Mexico City, in a very nice area called Polanco where we had some excellent Argentine cuisine. The following day was our last real day in Mexico, and for that we took another van tour north of the city to Teotihuacan where there are some ancient Olmec Pyramids. We were able to climb to the top of the Pyramid of th sun for a fantastic view, and our guide gave us a very detailed history of the area, most of which I don't remember right now, but they are very old and very big :) (BTW, I made it up the Pyramid of the Moon, too, but Marcela wimped out on the second one:)
With that, I'm tired of typing, and I'm out of ideas, so check out the pictures on this page, and the two links below for even more photos.

Photobucket Photos

Snapfish Photos

New Bike

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And now, we're finally caught up with late July. I picked up a new mountain bike, and the associated hardware for the Volvo a little while back, and finally got to really use it this weekend. Went to Maybury state park with a buddy, and took to the trails. I must say, this was the most fun I think I've ever had exercising, so it's definitely going to have to be a regular occurance. Hopefully it will help with my ongoing weight-loss goals.

Take Cover

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A severe thunderstorm warning calling for large hail led to the above trick: 4 cars in a 3 car garage :)  Of course, as Murphy's law would dictate, there was no hail, and only about 5 minutes worth of storm. There was then, inexplicably, a day and a half without power.

Here's the inside view

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Arana Invasion

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For Memorial Day we had a very enjoyable visit with nearly the entire Arana crew. Somehow in the frenzy we didn't take many photos, but here are a few of the better ones we took. Our activities for the weekend included a visit to the Ford Rouge Tour, a Tigers game, and a LOT of Wii playing.

New Shoes

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Well, it's time to catch up, so here comes a bunch of posts. First up...new summer wheels and tires for the Volvo. Very nice to finally get those snow tires off. (this was in May) 

Two Days of Separation

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Two days of driving (1400 miles) took us from sun and fun to cold and snow. I must say though, the quick brick made for a very comfy ride the whole way.

Christmas '07

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We once again took our yearly pilgrimage to the sun in Miami for Christmas. On the way down we stopped to see my Dad and Dolly for a couple of days, and then drove on to Miami where it was in the 80s and sunny almost every day. Marcela's Parents, Sister, Brother-in-Law, and their two kids were also in attendance, and made the trip a lot of fun. See the photos in the Christmas '07 collection for more.

Thanksgiving '07

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Been a while since I've updated this, so I'm catching up with a little Thanksgiving in January:)

Marcela and I went to Texas to see my Mom, Dave, My Sister, and her Husband Jared, and my Niece Rowen. The weather wasn't all that great, but we had a fun time, and Mom made another huge Thanksgiving feast, which we immediately devoured. See a few more photos of our trip in the "Thanksgiving '07" collection.

Mind the Gap

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We have just returned from a nice vacation in England. We spent a week there with Marcela's Parents, and spent time between London, Bath, and Canterbury. The weather was....well, the same as Michigan, so cold, mostly overcast, with some rain, but we still had a lot of fun, and saw some interesting sites. I also got to check out my "skillz" driving on the wrong side. Turns out it's not as hard as I thought it would be, either that, or I just scared the other drivers enough to stay out of my way:)  Check out the photos in the gallery to the right, or Here on Flickr.

Driving on the wrong side

Big Ben

MSCC AUTOX

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A couple of vids from this weekend's final autox of the season. We haven't seen the final results yet, but I think Mike's  a shoe-in for fastest vehicle over 5000lbs, and he beat a lot of supposedly faster cars. My runs were pretty decent, but we didn't hang around long enough to see how the rest of my class did. Here's a link to the rest of the runs of the day.

Mike's Lightning