XII 2000 Cuba
14 Participants: Front Kneeling: Ken Deemer, Gary Hamro, Shawn Grover. Standing: Tom Turney, Bill Lautman, Chris Luhnow, Kit Jennings, John Morris, Bernie Zaia, William Pinney, Ken Koontz, Steve Leffler, Jim Saake, Kenny Blatt.
After a night the Hotel Nacional - enjoying cigars and mojitos - we flew in an aging Russian helicopter to Cayo Laviso to scuba dive and relax on the beach. From there to Vinales for some mountain biking and caving, then back to Havana to celebrate Mardi Gras (which Castro decreed would be in July). We enjoyed dancing in the street (some on the stage) and rum poured from steel drums out of the back of a truck.