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Wednesday morning, we started laundry in the marina's machines early. We took showers, too. The water pressure was nearly nonexistent, but I think it was because the water was also running to the washing machine at the time. Who knows. At 9:00am, Mandy was planning to receive a video call -...

Tuesday morning, I did some further investigation work surrounding our refrigerator. I pulled off the countertop again. I wanted to confirm that the refrigerator did not have a service port on it already. On Michael's recommendation, we had scheduled an appointment at Cabral Auto Electric to...

Monday, we decided to go for a ride. The weather was a little bit iffy; it looked like rain was likely, but just as likely not. Most of us wanted to check out Caracol, but Layne offered to stay at the campground with the dogs. We were so thankful! Everyone else piled into our van and I drove us...

Sunday morning, we left pretty early. We followed Layne and Michael out of the campground, then switched positions and lead them to the grocery store. We had to stock up on some things. The grocery store was a little interesting; kind of like a hybrid between American grocery stores and...

Saturday morning, we didn't stick around after the gate was opened. Actually, they opened it up right as we started up the van in preparation to leave; the timing was perfect. From there, we had about an hour and 20 minutes ride to get to Melchor de Mencos, at the Belize border. NOW, it was time...

On our way back from Tikal Thursday afternoon, we finally got approval to bring Loki into Belize. So, Friday morning, we found a veterinarian/auto paint shop in town to write us another health certificate for Loki. We have one from Mexico, but Belize accepts them no older than 10 days, I think...

Thursday morning, we gave our friends our Starlink and our dog, and then we drove away. We cruised from Ernesto's to Tikal to check out some old stones! We arrived at the entrance to Tikal early, because we'd heard that it can get really busy with long lines for tickets. Though there was one...

Wednesday, our battery was low. Which was the first time I was absolutely certain something was wrong, because we'd been so diligent about not really using any significant battery power. Lights and fan, and occasional water pump was really it. At that usage, we should have been good for at least...

Tuesday we stayed at the jungle school all day. We got up and had a nice leisurely morning. While I was trying to sort out a suddenly very stiff neck, Mandy chased some monkeys that were directly above our van. They slowly moved tree to tree through the canopy, and she followed them a while. It...

Monday morning, we packed up our things to prepare to head out. We said see ya on the road, or see ya on the internet to Terry and TJ. They were going to hike the skywalk trail again to try to find more birds. We had to drive to charge our batteries. Plus, it was time to check out somewhere new...

Sunday morning, we took a hike. Inside Ixpanpajul Natural Park, there's a decent hiking trail that includes a handful of cable bridges above the jungle canopy. Of course, we couldn't bring Loki on the bridges - there's no way he'd walk across them anyways, plus it'd be super unsafe - so we...

Saturday morning, we woke up leisurely. We got to moving outside and eventually rounded up our friends Will, Terry, and TJ as they did the same. We all kind of spontaneously coalesced near the bathrooms and talked a while about our plans. We all agreed that Finca Ixobel was an ideal location...

I'm so far behind, this is going to be a challenge. Friday morning, we packed up early. It was probably lost in translation, but Thursday we thought we were told we had to leave by 7:00am. It wasn't a major hurdle, and we figured it best to assume we heard correctly, just so we didn't upset...

Thursday, we had originally considered the possibility of staying another night. As much as we loved playing frisbee with the kids all day, it was absolutely exhausting, and we couldn't do another full day of that. So, we began to discuss alternatives in the morning as we walked Loki around...

Wednesday, we picked up laundry in town we'd dropped off the day prior. We are totally capable of doing it ourselves, but the only DIY options are real old school. Literally a cement sink with a cast-in washboard basin. It's been a month or two probably since we've seen a coin-operated dryer...

There wasn't much to see or do at Posada Montana del Quetzal, so Monday we left in the morning. We didn't stick around long. We drove to Coban. Along the way, we stopped for some groceries and cash at a cajero. We drove to Cooperativo Chicoj to park for the night. We spent the afternoon working...

I kind of glossed over Saturday, but we didn't do much besides trying to figure out our lives. We walked through the market to get a few basics. I got some new sunglasses since I lost another pair by Lake Atitlan. No idea what happened to them; I was certain I left them on the counter when we...

Friday I slept in. Until like 6:30. Which is late, for me. We didn't really have any plans for the day, which was great, because I just wanted a chill day to recover. We eventually took a walk around town. Before long, we found ourselves back at Fernando's Cafe. Gotta get those mochas. Mandy...

Thursday morning one of the cabin-mates' alarm rang at 3:30am. About 5 hours after I'd laid down. No one moved and I was so thankful. I thought I could doze off for just a couple more minutes. Then, the volcano erupted and everyone expressed their awe and then we were all fully awake. Time to...

Wednesday morning, I got up early. Well, around about my normal wake-up time. But rather than do nothing for a little while first, I got moving straight away. I took a shower, ate a snack and packed a whole bunch of last-minute things I'd forgotten the night before. I said bye to Mandy and Loki...