Congratulations are Overdue!

I'm currently in Panajachel (a touristy town on the banks of Lake Atitlan), staying the weekend at a sweet little hotel that provides hot water (...oh, how I've missed thee) and WiFi (ditto). All for about $12 US per night. Getting here involved a 2-hour ride through the pouring rain in a refurbished 1970's school bus that was billowing black smoke and loaded with about 80 passengers in a space intended for 40. A middle-aged indigenous lady carrying a huge canvas bag full of radishes essentially sat on my lap most of the way there.

Cost for the bus: $3US.

Value: Priceless.

I love this country.

But first things first!

May 16th, two of my most awesome friends got married on the edge of a cliff in Yosemite National Park. It was one of the prettiest weddings I've ever been to.

Despite the weird May snowstorm:

...And it was certainly the only wedding I've attended in which the bride changed into her dress on a ledge of rock behind a tarp, the happy couple wore safety harnesses, and all the guests had helmets on.

Congratulations Jorge and Val!

As the card said: "May you always be happy campers."