THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1965 A Dream Come True' Is Term Used By Writer Telling of Panama Trip PAGE THREE EASTER (This article was written by Mrs. M. L. Kurtz, who with her husband and friends, returned in March from a trip to Panama. They left early in November, traveling via Old Mexico. Using her typewriter, Mrs. Kurtz paints a vivid picture of the people and their customs in the countries they visited.) Mexico, Central America, Panama—another dream come true! It is fun to dream but still much more fun to pack the car and take off, headed for parts unknown. We cast our ballots on Nov. 9 and the following day headed south. We thought we were leaving early enough to miss the winter but headed into quite a snowstorm as we neared Jor- ............. ♦-------------------------------------- dan Valley. After spending two weeks > excursions, even our wash days in Arizona, Mr. and Mrs. War­ ■ in the river with the native wo- ren Russell of Salem met us ! men added to our enjoyment and at Phoenix and the four of us I helped us to feel that we were waited at Guaymas, Mexico, for ■ a week before we were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dutton of Pasco. The six of us enjoyed a leisure­ ly trip south to Mexico City where we spent several days see­ ing some of the many wonderful sights, sometimes going on guided tours. We saw the “Ballet Popular de r Mexico” presented in the Theater of the Palace of Fine Arts, the Cathedral, the ruins in and around the “Great Aztec Temple” where the pyramids were so in­ teresting. These were the high­ lights of our stay in Mexico City where we also had to obtain our visas for other countries. Spend Christmas in Oaxaca We left Mexico City on Tues­ day before Christmas so we could spend our holiday in Oaxaca, a much smaller city. The Christmas Eve parade which included floats by the vari­ ous churches was beautiful to behold and the many dark-skin­ ned children with such beautiful dresses riding on flower-decked floats gave us a glimpse into the native custom of celebrating the birth of Christ. Our dinner the next day was served on the warm patio at our trailer court with 12 places set at the table. In Mexico City we were joined by another couple from near Montreal, Canada, and all drove slowly toward the Guatamalean border where the Russell couple left us and headed home. Travel Coastal Highway After going through the border customs on Jan. 5 we took the coastal highway traveling through countries rich in coffee, cattle, cotton and sugar cane with much citrus fruit in season. One never tired of traffic along the highways. Oxen teams, bur­ ros, cattle, goats and the many native people were going to work, to market or to do the family wash in the nearby rivers. Stops in the villages or cities where we purchased food, our sightseeing some of them. The friendliness wherever we met people was one of the big­ gest surprises and joys of our many weeks in these countries. Welcome Extended in Panama At last Panama. After three days we drove into Panama City and our goal was reached. The warm welcome extended to us as we stopped at the administration office in the American zone made us feel like we had almost been trail blazers. We were told we were the first to come over the highway since the trouble over a year ago, but we knew there had been others although they must not have made their presence known to them. They planned our stay, taking us on a guided tour of the canal and found the only trailer park in the city for us to stay in. We spent two days in Colon where a native Panamanian of­ fered us the fenced enclosure of his Yatch club for our “home” while there. We also had an en­ joyable evening in the home of a couple formerly from Canada. The Easier Bunny has been io RAY'S FOOD FAIR and left a nest full of EASTER HAMS, all carefully selected for the fine quality that assures the fine, mild flavor you like so much! Meet Others From U.S. We shopped in the custom-free city and met a few other couples from the States as well as army personnel. Our six days in Pana­ ma City came to a close and after enjoying a beautiful folk dancing event in Old Panama, where many years ago they used the square for selling slaves, we start­ ed for “home” some 6,000 miles away. We spent time sightseeing in the cities of San Jose, Costa Rica; Granada and Managua, Nicara­ gua; passed through Honduras; then stopped in El Salvador in the cities of San Salvador and at a state park called Los Chollos. We drove to the top of the old volcano in San Salvador and looked down into the half-mile crater and across the mile dis­ tance from rim to rim. 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