Welcome to our blog post that captures typical life here in Uaymitun!
We love being in Uaymitun each winter because it’s such a beautiful place. But, I must admit, it’s also great way to avoid the ice, the snow and the cold!
In making the decision to return this winter, it wasn’t without worrying about the continuing pandemic! By minimizing the number of contacts we would have and following best COVID protocols when in public settings, we felt we could be as safe here as at home!
That does mean that our excursions will be few and far between! This blog will have more of that “stay-at-home” flavour.
We were invited over for dinner to Val & George’s to enjoy their Papaya Chicken dish!
After a delightful dinner… including Chocolate Mousse, we retired to the patio to relax!
One never knows from year to year if there might be local animals who decide to drop by… well we have one this year! Meow Meow NoName shows up for a day or so and then is gone for several!
Providing family and friends IT support is par for the course!
In the past, we have made the 2 hour trip to the west coast of the Yucatán to visit Celestun and the flamingos! Nowadays, they’re in larger numbers in our area again!
And a few more pics from Uaymarima…
Now switching gears… Given recent developments in the Progreso area, led by an “visionary” mayor (some would say), I’m including some of those highlights too!
First some background! The following is an excerpt from a blog post from 2016 about the Chicxulub Crater!
Apart from it being our closest and favourite little town, Chicxulub is famous for a major event in Earth’s history!
The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is located near the town of Chicxulub, after which the crater is named. The date of the Chicxulub impactor, which created it, coincides precisely with the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg boundary). The crater is more than 180 kilometers (110 miles) in diameter and 20 km (12 mi) in depth, making the feature the third of the largest confirmed impact structures on Earth; the impacting bolide that formed the crater was at least 10 km (6 mi) in diameter. So long dinosaurs!
Not wanting to miss out on the rising interest in the Chicxulub Extinction Event, the local poobahs are mobilizing!
From a recent edition of the Diario de Yucatán from January 12th…
“PROGRESO.– A year and a half after it was announced, the City Council launched the construction of the Chicxulub Puerto Jurassic Trail, which will be installed south of the Progreso-Chicxulub bypass, near the estuary and the mangrove area.”
“A wide section of what remained of the first Progreso-Chicxulub bypass, located south of the bypass that leads to the neighboring police station, is where the Jurassic Trail will be and they have already placed the first dinosaur of the 20 that will be distributed in that direction from the east of the port.”
“The City Council reported that the Jurassic Trail will have more than 20 attractions, dinosaurs of different species, fossil remains, nature, setting, lighting, souvenir shop, spaces for direct coexistence with nature, bathrooms and vehicle parking.”
And here’s some pics of the actual work across from the Pemex station at the intersection of the Coastera and the road between Chicxulub Puerto and Chicxulub Pueblo as it progresses!
Welcome to the Pemex station guardian Raptor… first of many!
There’s more to see regarding Dinosaur-mania in Chicxulub… but that’s for a future blog!
That’s it for this blog post! Until next time…
Cheers!
Love to all,
-Doug and Elaine
Great blog again Doug,
The Sky at Night photo is fabulous.
Interesting to read about the Chicxulub crater – I never realised it was so large!