{"id":3000,"date":"2014-09-11T13:57:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T18:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:32:17","slug":"we-decided-to-go-back-to-mexico-again-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=3000","title":{"rendered":"We decided to go back to Mexico again this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">The cool summer in Ohio and West Virginia brought back memories of last winter\u2019s Mexico trip. United Airlines had discontinued their direct flight from Cleveland to Cancun when they shutdown CLE as a hub. This was a deal breaker, but they decided to do direct flights to Cancun again this winter because of demand I expect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">So the trip was back on. Now where to go? We loved the trip last winter so tentatively we will try the same itinerary. Hopefully I could paddle again in the mountains of the Huasteca region near Ciudad Valles to start and end up at Xpu-ha in Quintana Roo for most of the winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: small;\">We have completed our Mexico 2014-15 Trip Plans<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: small;\">Map of the Mexican portion of the trip<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.keelhauler.org\/mexico\/Mex13_PlanMap.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">Here are links to the maps and travel times with details of each driving portion of the trip. What we do in between we just decide based on the weather &amp; opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">11\/15\/14 &#8211; Cleveland to Houston, visit Rich <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bcpoa.org\/mexico\/MXMap14_1.htm\"><b><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Travel Day 1-3 Map &amp; Plans<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">Enter Mexico at Los Indios near Harlingen, TX, after getting FMM &amp; TIP the day before.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Rio Micos &#8211; 3-4 nights <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/mexico\/MXMap14_2.htm\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">Mexico Travel Day 2 Map &amp; Plans<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Emerald Coast &#8211; 1 night <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/mexico\/MXMap14_3.htm\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">Travel Day 3 Map &amp; Plans<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Catemaco &#8211; 3 nights <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/mexico\/MXMap14_4.htm\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">Travel Day 4 Map &amp; Plans<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Silvituc &#8211; 1 night <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/mexico\/MXMap14_5.htm\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">Travel Day 5 Map &amp; Plans<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To Xpu-Ha &#8211; 20 nights <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/mexico\/MXMap14_7.htm\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">Travel Day 7 Map &amp; Plans<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fly home for the Holidays &#8211; 11 nights &#8211; 12\/20\/14 &#8211; 12\/31\/14<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Return to Xpu-Ha for 61 more nights<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To USA Border &#8211; 3 nights <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/mexico\/MXMap14_8a.htm\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">Travel Day 8,9,10 Map &amp; Plans<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Back in USA, spend some time in Houston, TX, and then in Southern LA &amp; MS until it warms in Ohio<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">We will update the links as we make changes and try to occasionally update this blog. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium;\">If anyone has any questions feel free to comment below or send me an e-mail.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cool summer in Ohio and West Virginia brought back memories of last winter\u2019s Mexico trip. 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