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From The Not So Long Way Down by Chris Pountney

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Bill Shaneyfelt replied to a comment by Marian Rosenberg on a photo in You never know what will happen...

Chuckle!

5 years ago
Marian Rosenberg replied to a comment by Bill Shaneyfelt on a photo in You never know what will happen...

I think we need a "heart' option for comments...

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Marian Rosenberg commented on Oh we do like to be beside the seaside!

In case you ever come back to China, it's 超级棒的沙漠植物

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Sue Price commented on Maybe just one more rest day

Now that's about the speed we like to travel! Glad you are relaxing and enjoying your days - 4 more days until we fly to Merida and we are super stoked! Ruins, cenotes, cervezas and oh yes, some cycling in between! 😊

5 years ago
Catherine Hastings commented on a photo in You never know what will happen...

When you say 'our inflatable rings'.... you are also carrying these?!?

You are an inspiration! BTW - very much enjoying the regular updates. Just like old times!!!

5 years ago
Marian Rosenberg commented on a photo in Dead fish or trash?

I had a dead Chinese carp at one of my hotels in Gansu. When I told them it was dead, they said that they knew this but that the other fish and the turtle would probably eat it and that it was okay.

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Marian Rosenberg commented on a photo in It begins

I'm reminded of the hotel I got near Yangshuo in 2008 that had a black and white TV set.

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in An Adventure in Latin America

NIKTIA is good with a camera.

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in You never know what will happen...

And those dark green bushes with tiny yellow flowers... Those are creosote bushes. They are found in the deserts of both North and South America! Very interesting shrubs. Best campfire wood you will ever find, and it is so dense, it does not float! Really hard, but I like it because when I carve something, I can polish it so that it shines like plastic, and if I put a thin finish on it, it maintains its rich golden color... For decades! At least, I have not seen it fade on some knife handles I made 30 or 40 years ago. Oh, and it may be the longest lived species on Earth...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrea_tridentata

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in You never know what will happen...

The sand verbena is really blooming nicely!

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in You never know what will happen...

Totem cactus. You are in luck! I just looked this one up for someone the other day!

https://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Pachycereus&species=schottii

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in You never know what will happen...

Looks like I was right about the broccoli... :-)

This one is a Mexican giant cardon or elephant cactus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycereus_pringlei

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in You never know what will happen...

Looks to me like you ate the broccoli florets...

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in Back on the road... for a bit

Nice campsite among the tall, spindly ocotillos!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouquieria_splendens

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in Back on the road... for a bit

For me, this is an easy one! Sand verbena in full bloom after the recent heavy rains down there.

https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0203+0136

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