This is my final Guatemala post, at least for this trip. I hope there will be another one in the future! It was an amazing trip, and I loved it so much. It was even worth the two weeks of digestive upset that I experienced when I came back!
The clouds around the volcano that afternoon were misty and cool to look at.
This was a nice swimming hole, though I did not indulge.
This cute dog cuddled up nearby on a towel.
We went in these natural hot springs that were fed by veins from the volcano. There really were some very hot spots. I'm a big fan of warm baths and hot tubs, so I loved it!
This batch of pictures is from the morning we left to return home.
I would have much preferred to be back out on the water paddleboarding while watching the sun come up rather than seeing it come up as I was preparing to leave!
I made a really good friend named Kelli who lives a couple hours away from me in Massachusetts. She felt like a kindred spirit. We hit it off from the first day and our rooms ended up being right across from each other. I was so grateful to have met her. We had a lot of fun talking and hanging out together all week. We've stayed in touch, and I hope we'll get together again in the future. Probably in Massachusetts, not Guatemala. 😄
This guy who worked at the retreat center asked to take a picture with us.
This was down at the dock after going down those hundreds of steps for the last time, waiting to get on the boat that would take us to the vans that would take us on the two-hour winding drive to the airport.
Nancy is a professor and I liked her a lot. As I've said in previous posts, she's my model for aging well.
I liked Linda too, another good example of aging beautifully. She's a yoga teacher.
I liked everyone! We were a good group.
A cool wall of stickers at the Guatemala City airport before going through security.
I'm really glad that I decided last summer to do this trip. As the first picture in this post alludes to, it took me out of my comfort zone, and I loved it so much. I feel that it was a well-deserved reward for the difficult years I went through from 2018-2023 with the divorce and everything related to it. I emerged from those hard times better and stronger than ever before. I'm thankful for the beautiful, faith-promoting things that help us to enjoy and appreciate life despite the difficulties that come with it. They are blessings and reminders of God's constant love and mindfulness of us. That is what Guatemala meant to me. 💛
