RickkciR

Two Wheels, Good Company, and a Yucatán Adventure Some trips don’t take much convincing. Mention motorcycles, Mexico, and a week of exploring, and I’m already checking the calendar. In early December 2025, my cousin, Lucy, and I headed down to Cancún for a riding adventure through the Yucatán. I’d learned about it earlier that year through Adam Sandoval, who was planning to participate. My cousin and I jumped into the fray and got our reservations locked in ASAP. It did not disappoint. We spent a week riding, enjoying daily excursions, staying at all-inclusive resorts, and venturing into parts of the Yucatán we’d never personally explored. We covered fewer than 1,000 miles, but the mileage was only one piece of the experience. Having time to get off the bikes and enjoy the places we’d come to see made the trip that much better. Lucy and I have spent plenty of time enjoying Mexico, but exploring by motorcycle added a whole new dimension. There’s something about being out on two wheels t...

Secrets Playa Blanca Costa Mujeres – Seven Days of Paradise, Great Friends & a Birthday Celebration! October 17–24, 2026 | Costa Mujeres, Mexico Another Mexican adventure filled with sunshine, swim-out suites, fantastic food, great friends, new friendships, birthday celebrations, and a whole lot of fun! Six Months in the Making! Well, here we go again! Another trip to beautiful Mexico, another week at one of our favorite resorts, Secrets Playa Blanca Costa Mujeres , and another opportunity to enjoy the good life! Lucy and I had actually planned this adventure about six months earlier. Everything was booked, reservations confirmed, flights arranged, and we were counting down the days until we could trade the everyday routine for sunshine, swimming pools, tropical drinks, and that wonderful Mexican hospitality we've come to love. Then, about two or three months before our departure, our good friends Barry and Rita approached us about taking a trip to Mexico together. Our respons...

Beaches, Pools, Restaurants, Luxury, and the Best Vacation Experiences By RickkciR | October 2026 If you've followed my blog for any length of time, you already know one thing about me: I LOVE MEXICO! 🇲🇽🍹🌴 Give me sunshine, beautiful beaches, excellent restaurants, cold drinks, great service, and a gorgeous resort, and I'm a happy camper! Over the years, my wife Lucy and I have enjoyed some fantastic vacations throughout Mexico. As members of Unlimited Vacation Club (UVC), currently at the Impression Black membership level , we've had opportunities to experience several beautiful Secrets resorts. And naturally, people ask me: "Rick, which Secrets resort is your favorite?" That's not an easy question! Some have incredible beaches. Others have spectacular swimming pools, outstanding restaurants, or breathtaking ocean views. Some are luxurious, while others simply have that special atmosphere that makes you want to return again and again. So I decided to put...

  Mother Nature Still Makes the Rules I saw this observation today and had to laugh. After all the predictions, models, arguments, regulations, taxes and political debate surrounding climate and weather, Mother Nature continues to remind us of something pretty basic: We don't control the weather. In 2025, there were zero U.S. hurricane landfalls . And so far in 2026, we're still sitting at zero . Does that prove climate change isn't real? No. Does it prove hurricanes have disappeared? Obviously not. A quiet stretch can simply be a quiet stretch, and hurricane activity varies enormously from year to year. But that's also part of my point. We sometimes talk as though every hurricane, drought, heat wave—or lack thereof—can be neatly attributed to one policy, one politician, one emissions target or one explanation. The actual climate and weather systems are considerably more complicated than that. We can study them. We can model them. We can prepare for them. We can debate ...