Going Home Tomorrow

Have a wakeup call for 1:30 AM for taxi pickup at 2. Going to try to get to bed by 7:30 pm so I´m not totally worn out by the time I get home tomorrow. My flight from Panama to Guadalajara was cancelled so I have to go to Mexico City and spend 2.5 hrs. waiting for the flight to Guad. At least I can use the time constructively to go through customs, which will help when I get to Guad.

When we returned to the hotel this afternoon we watched the BBC with their coverage of Obama´s first day. I can´t tell you how pleased and emotionally moved I was to hear of his first Presidential acts of transparency. I actually had tears of joy that he will, hopefully, bring the US to a higher ethical plane. I only hope he isn't leading us down the socialist path. . .

After Nixon was Carter; after Bush is Obama--how the pendulum swings!

Here's Deb getting packed--all dressed up with nowhere to go:

I really need to return to parts of S. America as I find it wonderful here. I think it would be especially fun to rent a camper and drive from Ushuaia (at the end of the world) up the Pan-Am highway to Buenos Aires (oh, heck, why not all the way to Panama??). Imagine what fun and what wonderful things I would see and experience. My traveling companion thinks I´m nuts because the highway is probably not paved most of the way. But I think that´s what makes it an adventure and exciting.

My traveling companion and I have gotten along well on this trip despite the following facts: she´s Jewish--I´m Mormon (although not the stretch she thinks it is as we Mormons claim to be non-Gentiles); she´s from the East coast and I´m from the West coast; she´s a Democrat and I´m a Republican; hence, she´s liberal and I´m conservative. Obviously, there are things we simply don´t discuss in depth. We express our beliefs and honor each other´s point of view.