In my various travels in the Sierra Madres, there was one place I had numerous opportunities to visit, and each time I failed to make it there, mostly because we chose to go somewhere else. There were so many places to see that we had not seen, and so we thought we could easily visit this place in the future on a more tourist-like trip. But I still have not been there.
Here is a YouTube video of that place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Yv-08z1h4 If that video did not have the techno-music, but instead had a pleasant voice in clear proper Spanish with English subtitles, explaining the history behind the location, it would be a great video. I believe Jim McLane told me about this place back around 1990. I would be that members of GHG visited this place back in the 1980's. Jim McLane was an expert on this area. And for those of you who did not know, Jim secretly had a prosthetic leg, and even people that hiked there with him were unware of it. I have been to Rayones. We had the most awesome steak dinner there in 1999. The chef told me he had slaughtered the cow earlier in the day. There is something pleasant about eating in a rustic family-owned restaurant in a scenic mountain valley watching the sun go down, and the old man playing some unique instrument, and singing some song like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1qR7hTpDfQ But more likely something more like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAIpTJR8hkw ( please skip intro to 0:46 seconds ) I can find something barely similar in Houston, but it is not the same unique experience. Also, sometime around 1995, I drove a few miles south into Huasteca Canyon from Monterrey ( Santa Catarina area ). I have never done any serious hiking or any caving in Huasteca Canyon - just some light ridge-walking, and taking photos. I had planned on becoming more familiar with that area. Now you can do it virtually on Google Earth, or just watch ATV videos on YouTube. David Locklear
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