Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

In after Baud. Damn.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Come on, man.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Bark louder, little dog.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

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Leaving Yaxchilan we continued to paddle downstream for the next couple of days. Sometimes we would camp on the Mexican side of the river. Other days it would be in Guatemala.

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Usumacinta River

The geology of the river banks kept changing. While it was mostly all limestone, the shapes caused by erosion constantly changed.

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Usumacinta River

I often felt that things were looking at us from the rocky shore.

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Usumacinta River

Mexican Chucky rock?

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Usumacinta River

One constant was the thick jungle. Sometimes the jungle hugged the river. Here the hills receded a bit.

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Usumacinta River

As we went further the hills got higher and the river flowed faster. We would typically take the rapids one boat at a time.

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Usumacinta River

I never tried paddling the inflatable kayaks.

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Usumacinta River

The river was frequently fed by springs and small creeks. We came to this amazing waterfall and stopped to enjoy it. Note the people at the base for a sense of scale.

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Usumacinta River

We climbed the bank upriver from the falls and hiked to a flat section with ponds and the higher falls that came out of the forest.

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Usumacinta River

Back in the boats we pulled up to the base for a few more photos.

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Usumacinta River

We relied on springs like this for our water (bleach was used for disinfection).  

Next stop – another ruin and more rapids.

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    stinger

    What a striking terrain! Those top two or three photos, in particular, are haunting. I’d call the top one The Elders.

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    Denali5

    Thanks for sharing. I have wanted to visit that part of Mexico-great to see what it is like.

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    pieceofpeace

    This is a gorgeous space on the earth.  Imagining the wildness and animal activity of the terrain inland, as if that’s even possible in those forests.

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    neldob

    Really spectacular! What an adventure and thanks for the vicarious excitement.

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    TheOtherHank

    I do believe the rock formation at the big falls is travertine. Dissolved limestone in the water precipitates out and forms those cools shapes

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