Today, a van load (7) of us drove to Prismas Basalticos in the state of Hidalgo. This place is a canyon formed by lava rock that cooled slowly with water to create these geometric rock formations. It was a pretty area and I most enjoyed walking down inside the canyon to the refreshing waterfalls.
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| Photo by Al Gonzalez |
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| Tia Eva enjoying the walk on the bridge |
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| Benjamin & Nancy |
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| The water was refreshing! |
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| Photo by Al Gonzalez |
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Benjamin, Nancy, and Aida
Photo by Al Gonzalez |
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Armando, Nancy, and Eva
Photo by AL Gonzalez |
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| Photo by Al Gonzalez |
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| Quico and Armando enjoying a nice cold beer! |
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| Armando |
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| Al, Benjamin, Eva, Aida, Armando, and Quico |
There was a zip line across the canyon for 50 pesos (~$2.50 US) so we all did it! It was short and fun and not scary at all. The most impressive was that Tia Eva even did it! I love her spunk at 70 something years old!
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| Al |
A couple of videos of the zip lining:
View: https://youtu.be/b5Y-T1gvuHY
Eva: https://youtu.be/VzIx5YfgjHg
Al: https://youtu.be/dl7uGWfiMhE
https://youtu.be/Rapod7ujqXU
Next we went on a boat ride in a man made lake which filled in and covered an old factory. You can still see the smoke stack and part of the chimney and that is all that can be seen above water.
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From Top: Nancy, Armando, Quico, Aida, Eva, and Benjamin
Photo by Al Gonzalez |
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| Smoke Stack |
When we returned home, Armando's wife and daughter (Grisel and Grisel) stopped over to see us.
The next day Iramita and Benjamin took us downtown for churros but first we stopped to check out the Performing Arts center.
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Nancy, Benjamin, Iramita, and Al
Photo by Al Gonzalez |
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Best churros ever!
Photo by Al Gonzalez |
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| El Moro Churreria's churros with a chocolate milk shake. |
Later we were back home and playing with Romina.
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| My bashful friend, Romina |
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| Al and Romina |
Then we went to Al's sister, Lordes, house for dinner. She's a great cook too! It runs in their genes!
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| Nancy, Lourdes, and Al |
Another day Quico, Tia Eva, and Aida took us to a restaurant called Sanborns for lunch. Sanborns also has a bar and a department store. Tia won't rest until she buys me something so I picked out a necklace since it will easily fit in the RV.
Then we walked over to an old church where Al's grandmother's ashes are in a niche inside the church. I met his grandmother once briefly while we were dating and she didn't speak English so I didn't really know her.
Next we're off to Oaxaca for the weekend!
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