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Arizona couple goes missing while kayaking in Mexico on Thanksgiving
Fox News ^ | Stephen Sorace |

Posted on 11/27/2022 9:14:55 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

I am fluent in Spanish , reading, writing, and speaking. I am also a pure, 100% Irish Catholic Caucasian. (I am a ‘person of color’ when I hold my breath a long time). I used to travel in all parts of Latin America. I felt comfortable in the large cities and small towns. I was still careful, as anyone should be as a stranger in a strange land. I even was able to participate in the Cuello archeology dig in Belize, before I learned that archeology cannot pay a mortgage. The Museum of Anthropology in Mexico is absolutely amazing. I no longer travel to Mexico, but if I did, I would definitely recommend that Museum. I sometimes read online information from Spain in Spanish to learn what they are reporting about Mexico. Some of the bus lines refuse to to serve certain areas, because of bandits and cartels, unless the army provides escort. The local people do not bring any cash, jewelry, or valuables on the bus. Sometimes gangs will stop the bus, make everyone get off, and then burn the bus, stranding all the passengers.

In Cancun, they advertise that certain areas are secure. I still don’t go because gangs have attacked areas of Cancun from the ocean.


21 posted on 11/27/2022 10:47:24 AM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: x

Thank you. I was just about to go looking for a picture...


22 posted on 11/27/2022 10:49:03 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: PAR35

“By charter jet? Brownsville is probably the closest place on the Gulf of Mexico”

No, the closest to Phoenix by FAR is Puerto Penasco. a 2.5 hour drive on the Arizona side. And a 1 hour drive on the Mexican side. The Mexican side of the road is actually much safer.
Brownsville 1250 miles. Puerto Penasco 213.


23 posted on 11/27/2022 10:53:25 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Michael.SF.

I live on the Colorado River and every year people die. It happens.


24 posted on 11/27/2022 11:19:28 AM PST by Hildy
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To: BenLurkin

“.. were kayaking with their teen daughter around 1 p.m. Thursday in Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point, Mexico, when winds began to pick up, family and friends have said. Allen helped their daughter back to sho….”

Excuse me… but there is a BIG HOLE in this here story..

Journalism is DEAD.


25 posted on 11/27/2022 11:47:57 AM PST by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: x

“ Those Phoenicians. Where didn’t they end up?”
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Spent many centuries perfecting the practice of vote fraud.


26 posted on 11/27/2022 11:54:04 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nowhere to kayak in Arizona?


27 posted on 11/27/2022 12:08:50 PM PST by simpson96
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To: Hot Tabasco

BINGO!


28 posted on 11/27/2022 1:39:38 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: BenLurkin

You couldn’t pay me enough to go on vacation in Meheeco.


29 posted on 11/27/2022 1:55:02 PM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Four of Six
"...Stay the F*** out of Mexico..."

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I don't need 'Ultimate' kayaking.
I'll stay in the USA and settle for just 'moderately intense and terrific' kayaking in Oregon.

I'll stick to the Clackamas, Rogue, Willamette, North & South Umpqua rivers - etc.
You don't need to go to Mexico for great kayaking!

Mexico sounds cool - except for the dying part.
Thanks anyway...


Rogue River (Oregon)
Nugget-Powerhouse Run

Length: 5.5 miles
Gradient: 15 fpm
Difficulty: Class IV
Season: Year round
Put-in: Below Gold Ray Dam
Take-out: Gold Hill Sports Park Boat Ramp


30 posted on 11/27/2022 1:58:09 PM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: DesertRhino

Well, if YOU think the Gulf of Mexico is only a 3.5 hour drive from Arizona, please remind me to never let you plan a trip for me. Driving, Galveston is a bit closer than Brownsville. Looks like a little less than an 18 hour drive.


31 posted on 11/27/2022 2:07:40 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35

“Well, if YOU think the Gulf of Mexico is only a 3.5 hour drive from Arizona, please remind me to never let you plan a trip for me.”

Ocean Front Property in Arizona
George Strait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioPa1URjZ_Y

(^;


32 posted on 11/27/2022 3:16:18 PM PST by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
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To: BenLurkin

kayaking in Mexico is as safe as a midnight stroll in Chicago thinking isn’t used by everyone.


33 posted on 11/27/2022 3:17:26 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Clay Moore

Good one.


34 posted on 11/27/2022 5:21:10 PM PST by PAR35
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