UMTravels

Having a few moments of spare time between baking bread for tonight’s dinner at Gnarlene’s place and running errands, I’ve had time to sit back and think about that trip to the Copper Canyon last week. It already seems like such a long time ago. Today I unearthed the group photo from the trip. Joyce and a couple of other are missing as they didn’t do the bus trip that day, but this will give you a feel for the group.

What jogged my memory of the trip was an email from Chris/Swanda about his recollections from the trip. He is an event planner, so I allow love hearing of his adventures from the eyes of someone in the business. You can find his commentary at this link: http://www.twango.com/media/markso.CopperCanyon/markso.14306

Were I to do it again, I think that I’d take the Sierra Madre Express that leaves out of Tucson (Nogalas). It trims down the bus trip portion of the tour to Tucson and Nogales and back — which is a pretty straight shot rather than the winding roads from Chihuahua to Creel which left many of our travelling companions green at best and projectile hurling in the bus bathroom at worst.

The viewing platform car:

and the layout of the single roomette car (The Chile Verde):

and now for the downside… Instead of the approximately $1500 (not including airfare) for the Caravan Copper Canyon Tour, the Sierra Madre Express is $2995 for the single room and couples accommodations from from $3695-3895 (for two). So, basically it is twice the price and I knew I couldn’t get Kate and Eric to go for that much money (or Swanda as well). Oh well, there is still time in this life for that adventure.

And do I really care about the super bowl? It’s all about the commercials, which will be on-line after the game. Off to dinner at Gnarlene’s Place.