I realize I've made a big deal of the THING I found so fascinating in Ojuela, and have now started to worry that perhaps you'll find my pics a bit ho-hum! Perhaps I've been too passionate and melodramatic about this THING, but I can't help even finding an ant hill amazing.
Whenever I take off at a whim, as I did last week, I much prefer doing things like that alone, because I don't have to compromise with anyone about where to go, or how long to stay. This long drive into the northern section of Mexico gave me the much needed solitude I sometimes crave. As I continued driving through the middle of nowhere, there were times I'd screamed at the top of my lungs all my frustrations that had accumulated due to my being part of the never-ending rat race. Thanks to this trip, I now feel as fresh as a kosher pickle! :o) If reincarnation exists, and I sometimes believe it does, I want to come back as an eagle. Come to think of it, perhaps I was some kind of bird (turkey maybe? heh heh), since I have never eaten anything with feathers! :o)
In solitude the mind gains strength
and learns to lean upon itself.
- Laurence Sterne
So, what was that THING that man from Juarez, Mexico had told me about? It was a petrified mule mummy that was deep within the mountain!! This mule had died in the cave almost 300 years ago, but was mummified because of the dark and cool conditions inside the cave. You just can't imagine how excited I was that I finally got to see it.
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It sure is a zip, and I zipped on through it while I had someone take a pic! What an amazing experience that was!
And, please, take Penguin with you. I need the adventure.
Don’t apologize for being honest.
That bridge must have been scary. I've crossed something similar before when I was really young, except it was a bridge built for vehicles, not pedestrians. The large pieces of lumber were spread out enough (probably to conserve lumber) that a little kids leg could slip right through. And, me, being as scared of heights as I am, I was double scared. I thought I would fall through.
Did you walk across that bridge, or were you a passenger in a car? If you were walking, I can't blame you for being scared.
Glad you found the mule just as as fascinating as I did!
I would love to know that fear. I wouldn't mind a good laugh if it's as ridiculous as you say it is.
I think the source of my fear is from seeing my best friend fall of the monkey bars and break his arm when I was 5yrs old. It was so odd because I specifically remember that the bars weren't that high. 6 to 7 ft maybe.
Since you were still a little kid when your friend fell of the monkey bars, the bars looked very high to you, and since then, you grew to not handle heights too well.
Are you scared of babies?
The drive on the one lane road that wrapped around the mountain was far worse. I can handle heights quite well, but that narrow road truly made me nervous.
It was a very bleak looking ghost town! The nearest town is about a 2 hour drive.
When I saw the ruins in the little ghost town, I felt a little sad, and couldn't help but wonder about the people who once live there so long ago.
There were very few people there.
I went to another place over there and will share those pictures soon.
Ojala el pobre burrito no sufrio mucho cuando murio!