Day 23

Day 24

Monday, January 17
Pátzcuaro to Guadalajara
200 miles

Summary

Stop about 50 miles beyond Pátzcuaro at Uruapan to visit a beautiful city park, and perhaps squeeze in a little shopping; then on to nearby Paricutin Volcano, and finally spend the remainder of the day traveling to Guadalajara.

Garry Voss is preparing to mount one of the ponies that we "hired" for the day.

We drove into this village--finally found someone who could speak Spanish--bartered a deal to "hire" twenty-plus ponies to ride into the volcano area.

This was NOT a tourist stop.

The group on our "hired" ponies traveling up to the volcano. In the lower left-hand side of the photo is Glen Chesnut.

Standing in the lower left-hand corner: Dave Huffman--Sandy Bonzo is immediately behind him.

Stan Wilburn is extending hand to help Sandy Bonzo--to his right--Judy  Chesnut is stepping down--and below her is Karen Schwartz.

It was a rough "walk" through the volcano area. I think everyone wore out their shoes on the sharp edges of the lava.

This is the Indian village located next to the volcano.

This is the Indian village located next to the volcano.