tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.comments2024-02-15T07:29:01.216-06:00An Alaskan in YucatánMarc Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comBlogger1982125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-59490353355142196892018-03-29T11:26:28.551-06:002018-03-29T11:26:28.551-06:00That's interesting to know. Do they appear to ...That's interesting to know. Do they appear to be identical or perhaps a related variety?Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-42575134683433866892018-03-29T10:57:06.318-06:002018-03-29T10:57:06.318-06:00There are lots of them on the South West coast of ...There are lots of them on the South West coast of Spain too.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07872905903599764918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-32451034362083705732018-01-12T09:30:09.292-06:002018-01-12T09:30:09.292-06:00I'm glad you enjoy the blog. I have been attem...I'm glad you enjoy the blog. I have been attempting to revive it and begin posting again on a regular basis. There's still lots to write about, but I have been busy with other things. Wish me luck.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-51285525752396585442018-01-12T04:44:34.047-06:002018-01-12T04:44:34.047-06:00Hello, Marc, nice to "meet" you. I'...Hello, Marc, nice to "meet" you. I've been reading your blog after finding this treasure and started at the beginning and making my way through. I'm so enjoying your writings and this post hit home for me. We most definitely need to stop and take down our adult blinders and enjoy this lovely word around us. All these experiences are waiting for us to just stop and look and appreciate them. Blessings~Bjschutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00447960362944909683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-48944295259212182292017-12-07T10:13:22.802-06:002017-12-07T10:13:22.802-06:00Yes. Merida is generally quite a bit warmer. Cancu...Yes. Merida is generally quite a bit warmer. Cancun gets the coastal breezes that keep temperatures moderate.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-33537328047053679382017-11-12T16:03:59.473-06:002017-11-12T16:03:59.473-06:00Vivid, pleasant reading. Reminded me of Alaskaland...Vivid, pleasant reading. Reminded me of Alaskaland where I loved to ride my bike to eat ice cream during the summer. Sometimes I get nostalgic for Alaska then I realize what I really want is to be back there in the exact same circumstances in which I was there before, young, dumb, and full of expectations.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-47902728534124212362017-10-29T13:09:00.375-06:002017-10-29T13:09:00.375-06:00Thanks Neil. The blog has been dormant for a good ...Thanks Neil. The blog has been dormant for a good while so I am glad to receive comments such as yours. I am glad to know someone is reading. I am trying to get back into a rhythm of posting more regularly.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-84775386639223222112017-10-27T19:22:00.212-05:002017-10-27T19:22:00.212-05:00Enjoying your stories, Marc, and look forward to e...Enjoying your stories, Marc, and look forward to each post!<br />Neil in Olympia, WAUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014473871975547498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-1318183396631561422017-10-26T10:43:07.030-05:002017-10-26T10:43:07.030-05:00Yes I read your post. Too bad. I guess you've ...Yes I read your post. Too bad. I guess you've got some good memories of the old place.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-63188314282150861872017-10-26T10:24:06.687-05:002017-10-26T10:24:06.687-05:00I am now renting an apartment in colonia Napoles. ...I am now renting an apartment in colonia Napoles. That area is built on bedrock and less prone to earthquake damage. However the apartment building where I used to stay in colonia Condesa had quite a bit of damage.Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-44589504724685491072017-10-26T10:08:07.332-05:002017-10-26T10:08:07.332-05:00No, the Anchorage quake was in '64. As far as ...No, the Anchorage quake was in '64. As far as I know, there were no serious injuries caused by the one we experienced in '67. But with the memory of the earlier, deadly one fresh, and not knowing in the moment what would happen, it certainly was a frightening experience.<br /><br />I assume your apartment building there is one of the newer, quake-ready type.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-27537078688227517972017-10-26T08:41:22.237-05:002017-10-26T08:41:22.237-05:00Was that the quake that caused so much death and d...Was that the quake that caused so much death and destruction in Anchorage? I still remember watching the news reports about that.<br />I am now in Mexico City again, and it is ironic that you write this the same day that I ventured to the Condesa area... a neighborhood that I know so well and which was hard hit by last month's quake. Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-74345544363741676352017-10-24T12:55:37.590-05:002017-10-24T12:55:37.590-05:00Ahh, Marc thanks for reposting. People think I...Ahh, Marc thanks for reposting. People think I'm weird (I relish that) that when I go places I want to go to the out of the way places where others might not be. The place that I go to the beach comes to mind. The greatest pleasure there is getting up in the middle of the night to look out and see the fishermen in their boats with their lights dancing on the waves. It chokes me up every time I see such a sight. Thanks for sharing.......Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-51615659073834869232017-10-11T09:14:41.909-05:002017-10-11T09:14:41.909-05:00Hello! Hola Marc!! Qué maravilla! Fui dos veces a ...Hello! Hola Marc!! Qué maravilla! Fui dos veces a Chichén Itzá, la primera en el año 1999 creo, aún se podía subir a la pirámide y no había demasiada gente, la segunda fue en 2013 y es cierto lo que dices, estaba lleno de gente, vendedores intensos...uff Conozco Uxmal y Tulum, y el mes que viene iremos de nuevo a la Riviera Maya, pero estaremos sin carro propio. ¿Cómo podemos hacer para ir a Ek Balaam desde Playa del Carmen? O desde el mismo Valladolid, hay algún bus? También iré a las cuevas y al cenote en Ek Balaam, y al cenote Zací de Valladolid, que no lo conozco! Muchísimas gracias desde ya! Un helecho que dice la verdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02944892928682983619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-79026770329927930112017-10-10T09:29:52.177-05:002017-10-10T09:29:52.177-05:00With that as the starting structure, your house co...With that as the starting structure, your house could be seriously gorgeous. Congratulations to you and Victor. <br /><br />Al and Stewalcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-59741388247034072302017-09-28T08:39:49.133-05:002017-09-28T08:39:49.133-05:00Yes, we had more freedom, less structure, but neve...Yes, we had more freedom, less structure, but never lacked for interesting things to do. I had a tool kit, saw, hammer and nails, and was forever cutting up scrap wood and making things. We built "forts" and tree houses and made entire cities and highway systems in the dirt for our matchbox cars. We took things apart to figure them out. It was creative. We had adventures. We truly were lucky to grow up in the way we did.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-69880615384514347902017-09-28T07:30:44.403-05:002017-09-28T07:30:44.403-05:00A beautifully written remembrance of childhood. I...A beautifully written remembrance of childhood. I look forward to Part 2. <br />I was already in high school by 1967, and worries about Vietnam were on my mind, but it takes me back to the uncomplicated summers of my childhood in the 50s and early 60s.Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-79912603169904556652017-09-27T15:59:20.595-05:002017-09-27T15:59:20.595-05:00I lived on an 1800 built impoundment as a lad in t...I lived on an 1800 built impoundment as a lad in the early 60s. I had minnow traps for a little business selling bait to the local liveries. I would gather nightcrawlers after summer showers. The minnows were about a penny apiece, nightcrawlers about two cents . A 6-8 inch chub sold for 50 cents to the men fishing musky. We caught the chubs with our bare hands. <br />The old grist mill at the stone dam was 5 stories tall, the floors were all rotted out but we kids could get around on the old wooden beams. Baby pigeons were the goal, the old geezers at the former stagecoach stop turned tavern would give me 25 cents for each one. They raised them up for dinner. <br /><br />We lived on a bluff in a converted feedstore. My mother could keep an eye on us with her field glasses while we played in the marshes behind the house. I did my first solo campout on a dry humic back there around 6 years of age . It seemed like the wilderness to me but going back as an adult, it was only about 600 yards from our house. <br /><br />You talk about arrows. When you were strong enough to string the recurve, there was one under the Christmas tree. I got my first shotgun at eleven, we loaded our own shells so skeet shooting was a few times a week activity. <br /><br />The town of Orangeville was a little backward, we still had a crank phone in 62. My grandma ran the switchboard. All good things must come to an end, the federal government took the town and all the riverfront property in 65 for a bigger impoundment. The fact that the reservoir never got anywhere near Orangeville is just one of those things . <br />I lived a free life as a child, it would seem you did as well. Lucky boys we are. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-28850178707027553072017-09-27T13:01:31.989-05:002017-09-27T13:01:31.989-05:00Well If you know anything about Fairbanks back the...Well If you know anything about Fairbanks back then you may know what's coming. Don't tell.... I'm working on Part 2.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-11992998993416872592017-09-27T13:00:40.669-05:002017-09-27T13:00:40.669-05:00Oh, you reminded me. I forgot to mention the tree ...Oh, you reminded me. I forgot to mention the tree forts. We actually chopped down trees and built ours out of round logs. Yes, a kid's life wss different then. I am glad I spent my childhood when and where I did.Marc Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289566244668566622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-16584921361574027762017-09-27T10:59:51.790-05:002017-09-27T10:59:51.790-05:00So delightful to read about your "adventures&...So delightful to read about your "adventures". It reminds me of my son in the 70's living near a creek and he and his buddies building tree forts, catching spiders and heaven knows what else (that I don't really want to know about). I do remember him coming home one time with a BIG yellow banana spider that had hit him in the middle of the forehead and then he caught it and brought it for me to see! Life was great when kids had the freedom to do and "be".Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-89723748360071723172017-09-27T10:47:41.226-05:002017-09-27T10:47:41.226-05:00Elegantly narrated. Vivid memoir that accurately ...Elegantly narrated. Vivid memoir that accurately presents the Fairbanks, AK of the era. I guess this is going to be a cliff hanger... I await the next installment.J Abbottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-1652679647684007242017-09-23T11:46:25.168-05:002017-09-23T11:46:25.168-05:00This is a fantastic blog. Yucatan is a gorgeous pl...This is a fantastic blog. Yucatan is a gorgeous place with a lot to offer. Demasiada belleza no apreciada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-9751390491928695782017-09-17T15:22:28.725-05:002017-09-17T15:22:28.725-05:00This blog was... how do I say it? Relevant!! Final...This blog was... how do I say it? Relevant!! Finally I have found something that <br />helped me. Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277313567524932904.post-67518111972379370962017-09-12T13:49:40.536-05:002017-09-12T13:49:40.536-05:00Wishing you the warmest regards, Victoria! I hope ...Wishing you the warmest regards, Victoria! I hope also that your family treasure is reparable. Thanks again for sharing, Marc! Benne' Rocketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878854351246933656noreply@blogger.com