On the road to Colonia Ortiz, we ran into Uncle Carlos who likes to ride for miles on his horse.
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- MEXICO TRIP - Aug 2007To start our trip we drove ...
- Juan's cousin Chayo and her husband Ron (from Cal...
- Pavi's husband works at a big factory in Anahuac ...
- We met up with Ron and Chayo in Rubio where we vis...
- Ron, Chayo, me and Josua.From here we drove out to...
- Juan was born at Campo 45 -- a tiny hospital about...
- The church and school at Campo 45.
- Uncle Chema hadn't seen Juan in years.
- Uncle Chema with Juan, Chayo and Ron.
- Juan's cousin Paco runs a tiny store in the front ...
- I asked about the post-it notes on the counter and...
- Everywhere we went they had these wonderful old st...
- Paco and Mimi are brother and sister and live next...
- Vianey Susana immediately adopted us as her new be...
- Paco's house.
- Uncle Chema and Aunt Eva with their daughter Beatr...
- Cousin Carlitos (with bucket) helps his brother ru...
- Cousin Conrado in front of his barn.
- Chayo grew up in this house as a little girl. It ...
- Carlitos with the cows at feeding time.
- Conrado and his son had help from Carlitos to milk...
- Nothing like fresh milk!
- Cousin Conrado makes cheese in a room at the back ...
- Uncle Chema and Aunt Eva in their dining room. The...
- Another darling old stove in the corner of Eva's k...
- Uncle Chema let all the cows out to pasture except...
- Aunt Eva fed the chickens every morning.
- Saying goodbye to Uncle Chema.They call him "Strin...
- On the road to Colonia Ortiz, we ran into Uncle Ca...
- Uncle Gabriel lives in Colonia Ortiz just up the r...
- Uncle Roberto (Beto, for short) and Aunt Emma had ...
- Colonia Ortiz is a very peaceful rural town of aro...
- This canyon is a very popular tourist destination ...
- Here's Juan with his Uncle Roberto, Josua and cous...
- Great barbecue! Lots of Juan's cousins and their s...
- The next morning Josua helped get the sheep out to...
- Here's Baraquel milking the cow. He recalls many y...
- Juan looks like a natural!
- I even got a chance to ride a little!
- The Jacobo and Marin family including Juan's paren...
- Here's the plaque on the side of the school. It wa...
- Juan's uncle has a beautiful horse named Tornado.
- Saying goodbye to Juan's uncles was difficult beca...
- We headed back to Anahuac to spend the night with ...
- Cousin Tencha and her husband Juan didn't want to ...
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