Vacation Is The Modern Pilgrimage

July 15, 2026 · 1 min read

We walked down stories of stairs into the earth. Our whispers echoed off the walls. At last, there it was: a wooden dock crouching over an underground pool of dazzling blue water. We had arrived at our first cenote. Cenotes occur naturally in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, where my wife and I spent part of our Read more...

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Theresa Wagner

Sounds exciting about the cenotes, this bright blue water underground must be impressive. For me, vacation is more about relaxing with the little one on the beach or in the mountains, not a replacement for a real pilgrimage to Jerusalem or the monastery. What reminded you most of God about the place?

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