Show Sylvia Mecham is Home from Trip to Mexico Sylvia Mecham of Duchesne recently returned from what she best trip of my Mecham's trip took her into Mexico with her son-in-law and and Wade Wilkins of Colorado The trip was occasioned by the completed mission of their son Lowell whom they went to bring back Mecham in accounting the wonders of the tour of the Mexican country said that they first met the missionary In El who acted as their guide in conducting tour through Vera Cruz and Oaxaca he had been laboring as a the latter part of which time was spent In the office of a district Elder Wilkins also served as guide to the family as they traveled through Mexico City and Because the highway ended at the town of Mecham and her daughter stayed behind while the men in the party went by train into the ancient ruins of An Indian chief was engaged as their guide in He conducted their tour of the The one where kings and priests were buried interested Mecham Here she said was also a room where marriages were and pictures were still on the Their guide told them that estimated about 1000 years had elapsed since the inhabitants were driven from the the same being constructed of large rocks by means piling dirt to the height of each level and rolling the rocks up the dirt to be put in the proper Another phenomenon of Interest to the traveler was what is thought to be the world's oldest which is still Oaxaca is me headquarters for A famous museum and the mission home are also All of the ancient ancient ruins and large cities of the country that appeared on the road map were visited by the A distance of miles were covered in Our visitor was fascinated by her first sight of the ocean where she saw in an Atlantic harbor as assembly of passenger freighters and various other Two hours later she said had spanned the distance to view the calm blue waters of the peaceful Pacific which was a stark contrast to the angry waves leaping against the ships in the Atlantic Another impressive sight to her was that of the men plow- ing with oxen-drawn wooden and women washing their clothes In In these rural they found men and boys herding goats and some Mexico city they found to to be a bus Here at at all times what seemed to the hundreds of busses going and coming from all was favorably impressed with the friendly attitude of the people and the country in and am just looking forward to another visit in about two years when my grandson hopes to return in the interest of concluded |