𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 (𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐)—𝟕 𝐙𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐦, 𝟐 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐤𝐞

 At the Copper Canyon Adventure Park

Our Only Planned Activity Was Taking the Aerial Tram 
To View the Copper Canyon, México’s Barrancas del Cobre

Jon and I were Ready to Enter the Aerial Tram (Teleférico)

The Tram Crossing One of the Six Canyons That

Make Up the Copper Canyon in the State of Chihuahua

The Views Were Amazing!

Can You See the Dwellings on the Lower Ridge?

The Tarahumara Indigenous People Live Here

When We Saw Some Ziplines Above and

Some Tarahumara Trails Below,

Jon Said He Wanted to Do the 7 Ziplines

I Laughingly Said, "They Have an Ambulance.

We're Safe. If You Go Ziplining, I'm Going, Too!"

We Were Still Only Playing with the Zipline Idea.

We Shopped for Tarahumara Wares and Souvenirs.

I Asked This Woman If I Could Take Her Photo.

She Agreed, Stood Up to Show Her Clothing, and Posed.

I Thanked Her and Tipped Her.  She Shyly Smiled.

For A Tip, This Tarahumara Girl Allowed Me

To Take Her Photo with Her Little Sister.

Before I Could Think About My Fear of Heights, 

Jon Was Strapped into a Zipline Harness

Jon Had His Helmet On and Was Adding Leather Gloves

While One of Our Two Assistants Helped Me with My Harness

Harnessed, Helmeted, And Ready For Training!

Jon Receiving Zipline Training From Our Head Assistant

Jon's Zipline Pulley Being Attached to the Cable

JON HAS LAUNCHED!

Getting Ready For Zipline Number 4—539 meters Long

We Did A Longer Zipline Tandem—2 People Together

That's Jon in Front of Our Main Assistant!

We had Some Long, Unexpected Hikes on This Rough

Terrain Between Ziplines and Suspension Bridges

Our Hotel, Mansión Tarahumara,

Is Behind and Above Us on the Canyon Rim.

Crossing Our Second Suspension Bridge

Without Our Guides! What a View!

Can You Believe Jon Was Diagnosed with Parkinson's

Disease in 2017 and He's Doing This?!!

Exercise Slows Down the Progression of PD,

But Do We Have to Hike at This Elevation?!!

Watch This Short Video of Our Solo Walk

That's Me Leading the Way. I Overcame My Fear

Of Heights by Looking Out at the View, NOT Down.

(And We Were Attached to A Safety Cable)

And Then We Hiked DOWN to the Next Zipline!

We Were Exhausted from All of the Walking

Our Wonderful Guides and Assistants

Earned Every Peso We Tipped Them!

These Tarahumara Children Wanted to Pose for a Photo and a Tip

While We Waited for the Aeriel Tram Back Across the Canyon

Beautiful People Living a Tough Life in the Copper Canyon

They are Also Known as Rarámuri, the Running People

In Part 1, Jon and I Rode the El Chepe Express Train

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Jon and I Took On the Parkinson’s Foundation

60-mile Challenge in April

I Walked 76.2 miles! (173,504 steps), Averaging 2.54 miles per day.

Jon Walked 64.5 miles in April, Battling Parkinson's Every Step!

And Our Copper Canyon Tour Had Just Started!

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For Your Generous Donations to Aid Parkinson's Research!

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A Nice Tour of Mazatlán—Guess What Jon’s Favorite Part Was

 Walked on Stone Island to the Water Taxi

We Took the Water Taxi to Mainland Mazatlan

Listened to Musicians at the Plazuela Machado in Old Town

A Nice Song on the Marimba

Dinner with Friends at Topolo

And Jon's Favorite Destination: AutoZone!

To Buy a New Air Filter for the Motorhome

He Wanted to Shop More😅 But I Said, No, We're On Vacation!"

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With Jon on Our Copper Canyon Adventure

𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥!😅 (𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏)

 Our Copper Canyon Adventure Tour

This Will be the Last Trip for These Shoes!

It started with the Parkinson’s Foundation April 60-Mile Challenge and finished with the Copper Canyon Adventure Panorama tour. By the end of April, Jon and I had both walked more than 60 miles! On April 29, my walking shoes started falling apart.

He Glued the Soles on My Shoes with Krazy Glue

This helpful man at Hotel Mansion Tarahumara on the rim of the Copper Canyon glued the soles back on so I could finish hiking many more miles during our tour the following week. He used the balance of the Krazy Glue in his tube, and I crossed my fingers that it would work. Otherwise, I would be hiking in flip-flops.

But I got ahead of myself. Here’s how our Copper Canyon Adventure Panorama tour started (and how my shoes fell apart).

Day 1: El Fuerte, A Pueblo Mágico

El Fuerte Centro Viewed From the Top of the Fort

We started our tour in El Fuerte on April 28, where we would catch the train, El Chepe Express, to the Copper Canyon. On the first day, we had a birding tour on the El Fuerte River and hiked to the petroglyphs. That evening, we walked around the charming El Fuerte centro and had a nice dinner. That was a lot of hiking, and we hadn't even gotten on the train yet!

Jon and Terry on the Hilltop

Overlooking El Fuerte River

Hiking Up to the Petroglyphs, Beautiful Flora

Walking Up to the Fort

Sunset From the Top of the El Fuerte Fort

El Fuerte's Downtown is Magical

Day 2: El Chepe Express Train to Divisadero Station and Transfer to the Hotel Mansion Tarahumara on the Rim of the Copper Canyon

On April 29, our taxi took us to the El Chepe Express train station in El Fuerte, where we had upgraded tickets to First Class. We felt it was well worth the extra money.

Jon and Christina Waiting at El Fuerte Train Station

I appreciated that our tour guide, Christina, was bilingual and very knowledgeable about the area, including its history. She made sure everything ran smoothly for us. We never missed a taxi, bus, train, or tour. In fact, she encouraged us to squeeze in a few unplanned adventures. (Stories to come later)

Settled in Our First Class Train Seats on the 

El Chepe Express from El Fuerte to the Divisadero Station

The Train is Climbing Into the Mountains.

It's the Dry Season. The Rivers and Hills are Very Dry.

The Hotel Mansion Tarahumara Entrance

 On the Canyon Rim at About 7300 Feet Elevation

(Areponapuchi, Barrancas del Cobre, Chihuahua)

The Hotel Dining Room with Its Beautiful Mural

We Did a LOT of Walking Up and Down This Road

From Our Room on the Canyon Rim to the Dining Room

A View From Our Room at Hotel Mansion Tarahumara 

Part 2 of our Copper Canyon Adventure will show you how we walked more steps on April 30 than any other day in April and how much fun we had doing it. I'll also reveal how many miles I walked in the Parkinson's Foundation 60-Mile Challenge, how many miles Jon walked, and how much money we raised for Parkinson's disease research. 

The soles of my shoes held on through April 30, but how much longer? Watch for our other exciting Copper Canyon Adventures!

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