Unfortunately I have to tell you that my dad, Joe Pearce, died Saturday at RR St Davids. Please remove him from your email list.
Sincerely, JoAnna Green On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 12:34 AM, texascavescedarpark--- via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: texascavescedarp...@aol.com > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 01:34:21 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] tourist in the news > David, I wish the best for the New Year. Mike Walsh > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> > To: CaveTex <texascavers@texascavers.com> > CC: David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 23:32 > Subject: [Texascavers] tourist in the news > > From David Locklear > > There is a tragic story in the news about an American tourist shot and > killed near Zihuatanejo. > > The media is just trying to show that Mexico has gone crazy. > > There is something very fishy about this story. > > First, he was allegedly outside at 4 in the morning. Second, he lived in > Mexico permanently in Tijuana. Yet commuted to work in the US as a city > official. He obviously knows Mexico better than most American tourist > there. > > I have been there before, twice. It was around 2000, but have erased it > completely from my memory banks. A former Houston caver owns a > bed-n-breakfast there. His son manages it. Everybody knows you stay > inside after dark. There are direct flights from Houston to Zihuatanejo. > It is not just some point on a map. It is a beautiful place. I would > love to go back, but I am glad I saw it before the crime increased. There > are likely some excellent caves within an hour drive of there. In fact, > the Number One cave on my bucket list is just 2 hours from there - > "Resumidero de Mixtlacingo." Imagine the Medina River sinking into a big > hole and only one group of cavers has tried to rappel into it only to find > another waterfall into a dark abyss. I was near that caving area at the > Mexpeleo held in 2005ish in Taxco al Viejo. > > > Anyways, > > This victim was apparently staying at a ritzy motel. It is hard to > imagine he really got shot near the motel, so if he was outside of the > tourist zone at 4 am, he was probably doing something unsafe. There are > probably thousands of rich people enjoying the holiday there, and probably > a few dozen millionaires. > > Meanwhile, 10 people were shot in Houston last week, even on Christmas Day. > > > Tonight and for the next three days, My wife and daughter are in Reynosa, > Mexico. I am home alone near Arcola. Reynosa is supposed to be one of the > most dangerous places in Mexico according to the news media. She just > called and said she was eating delicious "gorditas." They know to not > leave the house after dark. Life should not be this complicated. On one > hand, it is my job to protect my daughter. But on the other, there were > dozens of other ways I would have prefered to spend NYE and my time off > work. > > I do hope to go on a road-trip to the Sierra Madres in 2018 in my > Sequoia. I am concerned about the safety and security preparations for > that, but I also have to stay vigilent in Houston around ATMs and gas > stations, and bank parking lots. > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > -- Please note my current e-mail address of: joepearc...@gmail.com
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