Thirteen family members were able to spend a week at Sandos Playacar Beach Resort in Playa del Carmen.
Chase and James were able to do some parasailing while others watched along the shore.
Chase and James stand together for some photo-ops while the jet-sky was readied to take them out to the parasailing boat.
Jill takes a photo of Justin, Chase and James with Abby and Jerri walking nearby.
A big splash as they head toward the parasailing boat.
They’re off, with a cargo ship and hotels on the island of Cozomel in the background.
Up, up and away.
A few passing clouds provide a backdrop.
Chase and James are pulled back toward the boat.
Family watching and taking photos. Images by kenne
Sandos Playacar Beach Sunrise — iPhone Image by kenne
Nearing the end of our two-week vacation that has included Jill and Hugh’s wedding in Kingwood, Texas, the French Quarter in New Orleans and Playa del Carmen, Mexico. We will end our vacation by visiting Tulum, the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city.
Bacochibampo Bay (January 24, 2016) — Images by kenne
Bacochibampo Bay is where Hotel Playa de Cortes in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico is located. This is where we stayed January 24, 2016 during our trip to Sonora, Mexico. This traditional and historic hotel founded in 1936, proud of once welcoming celebrities like the mexican actress Maria Felix, the musician Ray Conniff and the American actress and singer Liza Minnelli, as well as important figures of the political world that made a home out of our Guaymas hotel. – See more at: http://www.hotelesgandara.com.mx/english/our-hotels-in-sonora/playa-de-cortes-guaymas/#sthash.ubOD2ngV.dpuf
Mexican Masks On Gallery Wall In Alamos (January 27, 2016) – Computer Art by kenne Masks represent the Mexican people’s personality — not revealing themselves to another, even to their self.
“persistent, flowing through fallen shadows,
excavating tunnels, drilling silences,
insisting, running under my pillow,
brushing past my temples, covering my eyelids
with another, intangible skin made of air,
its wandering nations, its drowsy tribes
migrate through the provinces of my body,
it crosses, re-crosses under the bridges of my bones,
slips into my left ear, spills out from my right,
climbs the nape of my neck,
turns and turns in my skull,
wanders across the terrace of my forehead,
conjures visions, scatters them,
erases my thoughts one by one
with hands of unwetting water,
it evaporates them,
black surge, tide of pulse-beats,
murmur of water groping forward
repeating the same meaningless syllable,
I hear its sleepwalking delirium
losing itself in serpentine galleries of echoes,
it comes back, drifts off, comes back,
endlessly flings itself
off the edges of my cliffs,
and I don’t stop falling
and I fall”
Rafael Figueroa Ju, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico — Image by kenne
One afternoon while in Alamos we all met where Tucson’s Ronstadt Generations was staying to listen to a fabulous seventy-five year old harmonica player, Rafael Figueroa Ju. His appearance was a beautiful example of organized spontaneity.
Video of Rafael Figueroa Ju by kenne (January 27, 2016 in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico)
On early morning walks
down the narrow
streets of Alamos I saw the street dog patiently waiting by the door seeming to know her place, her sad eyes piercing my soul occasionally lifting her ears
to my enter thoughts, looking away lost in longing — I wanted to reinvent the moment opening her prison door.
Jim and Nancy Swickard purchased the 300-year-old Hacienda in 1989 and renovation became their obsession. Along with daughter Jamie, her husband Ramon their devotion to details has helped create a truly luxurious hideaway with a genuine flavor of Old Mexico. Without question, Hacienda de los Santos is the crown jewel of Alamos, one of Mexico’s most splendid colonial cities. Once you enter this colonial village, you’ll experience the feeling of a different age, the romanticism of Spain and the sweetness of Old Mexico.
Chase and James stand together for some photo-ops while the jet-sky was readied to take them out to the parasailing boat.
Jill takes a photo of Justin, Chase and James with Abby and Jerri walking nearby.
A big splash as they head toward the parasailing boat.
They’re off, with a cargo ship and hotels on the island of Cozomel in the background.
Up, up and away.
A few passing clouds provide a backdrop.
Chase and James are pulled back toward the boat.
Family watching and taking photos. Images by kenne
Sandos Playacar Beach Sunrise — iPhone Image by kenne
El Rapido Wall Poster — Image by kenne
“Sonoran Heat” — Computer Painting by kenne 
Bacochibampo Bay (January 24, 2016) — Images by kenne
Mexican Masks On Gallery Wall In Alamos (January 27, 2016) – Computer Art by kenne
Rafael Figueroa Ju, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico — Image by kenne
Alamos Street Dog — Computer Art by kenne
Mayo Woman in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico — Grunge Art by kenne
Hacienda de los Santos Entrance — Images by kenne
Sunset Over The Sea of Cortes at Playa de Cortes in Guaymas, Sonora. (January 24, 2016) — Image by kenne
Templo — Plaza de Armas, Alamos, Sonora — Image by kenne
Hiking the 
Images by kenne
Source: Agave — A Celebration of Tequila in story, song, poetry, essay and graphic art
Sea of Cortés Sand Dunes — Image by kenne
