This is our P-day, Sep 11.  Neal

at the top of the restaurant in the Grotto-cave

 Sis Harston & Jackie & gorgeous live flowers

 Soon many butterflies...Mexico is one

of the homes of the Monarchs you know.

 SHOOOOOOOPPPPPING!

We have never seen so many sombreros...both

sides of the street!

 Pyramid of the Moon..impressive each

time we see it & it's partner, Pyramid of the Sun

 This was new to us.  The Pyramid of Sun & Moon

are at one end of the Avenue of the Dead.

That paved path (probably wasn't paved in

the Aztec times) is 3 miles long.  

(300 BC to 1000 AD apprx)

At the other end of the road lies the many, many

temples to Quezalcoatl, feathered serpent image

representing Christ

 The intrepid explorers!  Harstons and us

 View from the top of the 

Temple of the Moon 

Another view from the top of the

Temple of the Moon

looking down the Avenue of the Dead to

the many, many temples of Quezalcoatl 

in the far distance.  Note the classrooms

lining the path all the way down.  We were

told by the guide that each of these structures

was a place where supplicants learned

about what they needed to do to prepare

for the afterlife.

 A view from the top of the Temple

of the Sun, looking to the Temple of the Moon

On the way home we got stuck in a 

massive parking lot jam...we sat for

a long time, then when it started to break

up it was dangerous because people were

cramming in their cars into the intersections

every which way with no concern for law

or order either.  We just don't see beggars and

homeless people here...we see many, many people

out selling food and trinkets to the cars in

the middle of traffic stops.  We are sure these

people can't be making much, but at least they are

trying, and not begging like we've seen in

other places we have served.  So, I took

this pic of this poor man.