The Field Is White: COME AND GONE....Part 2

Wednesday....Tikal

Tourists at the ruins

(Can I say how different it was to see Wayne in levis?)

Wednesday morning started bright and early with us getting to the local airport by 5:30am for a commuter flight to Flores. The approximately 45 minute flight was great....much better than the 12 hour drive it would take for us to get there by car. Everyone survived the trip. We took umbrellas because it was overcast and had rained the day before. The umbrella that I had was a big golf umbrella...which ended up being a great walking stick....but they made me "check" it as baggage when we boarded the plane.

After our 45 minute flight to Flores...none the worse for wear

When we got to the airport we watched them take the checked luggage out of the plane. One of the men on the runway literally pulled the luggage across the tarmac and up a ramp for the baggage claim. We laughed as Wayne walked across the floor and retrieved our "checked luggage".

Watching our umbrella move to the luggage claim area

We were pleased with the service that we had for this trip. Jeff Burrows arranged everything for us...air...tour...guides. Jeff is the person that we are going to use for visiting dentists when they come to the clinic for any side trips that they want to do. He will be great!!! Our guide Antonio met us at the airport and he and the driver shuttled us to the National Park.

Getting ready to start our tour

Tikal is one of the big excavated ruins. The temples are recognized world wide and people visit here from all over. We were able to spend about 4 hours in the park walking to many of the temple areas. We watched Rusty run up and down the pyramids and find things to play with. It was a great day.

Rusty exploring

One of the most amazing nests that we have ever seen
These birds were all in the same tree

Our guide Antonio showing us something about the rain forest

One of the ruins Rusty ran up!!

Climbing to the top of the temple

The view from the top.....

Thursday...Chichicastenango....Market Day

Where in the world are the Tomkinsons?

We had such a great time going to Market Day at Chichicastenango a few weeks ago that we decided this would be a fun day trip with Rusty and Trisha. We even had the Tilleys and the Graffs drive up with us and the Blackburns meet us there. We wandered all over the market, got our shoes shined, ate the wonderful buffet at the hotel and just enjoyed the day.