Author: David Moss

On our way to Las Vegas for the winter , we stayed in Holbrook, Arizona for a few nights. Our first stop was the Petrified Forest. The weather was great and even the dogs had a good time.

The second set of ruins we visited are the Xunantunich Ruins in Belize. These ruins began to develop around 600 AD.

We were able to visit several caves in Belize. Judy and I took a canoe through one cave. Judy took still pictures and I used the GoPro. Judy was not able to hike to the second cave due to the terrain and the long hike to get there. Barbara, Joel and I went to that cave. We also went on a series of ziplines. Judy was not able to do the climbing but Barbara , Joel and I went on the six ziplines in the forest. Finally, we went snuba diving. Judy and Barbara stayed on deck to watch. It was rough in the water. Joel and I brought our GoPros but I am not able to post videos here so I used stills from the GoPro.

The Belize Zoo was small but it has animals native to the area. The birds were free to come and go; the remaining animals were in natural set cages. Some of the wildlife, such as the monkeys, we saw in trees while we visited the ruins.

These are the Mayan-Tikal ruins in Guatemala we went to in April . 2019. This is just a few kilometers past the boarder of Belize. The ruins are thought to be from around 1000 BC. We did see a lot of animal life while we were wondering around.

We went to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area which is just outside Las Vegas, NV. This is the first National Conservation area in Nevada. There are beautiful views of the canyon on the 13 mile park drive and at the visitor center. As the name indicates, the rocks are red and when sunny out, you can see just how beautiful the park is. They also have a desert tortoise population and a wild burro population, which we did not see since they are shy and were hiding from us. Judy, Bob and I had a nice walk in the park and visitor center.

We visited Oatman, Arizona with Judy’s brother Bob. Oatman is an old mining town about 50 miles from Bullhead City, Arizona which is directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada.
Oatman is like going 100 years backwards in time to the old west. Roads are dirt, sidewalks are made from wood. Burros freely roam the town looking for food and handouts. They do sell food to feed them. While we were there, we had a nice lunch at one of the old restaurant