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Ruins to Ruins, partly autobiographical, is a story of Robert, a young naturalist, and Johnathan, a budding archeologist, who travel to southern Mexico to visit the ancient Mayan ruins. As they travel from ruins to ruins, they learn about the ruins and also encounter a variety of natural wonders: army ants and howler monkeys at Chichen Itza, orange breasted falcon at Tikal, and king vultures Yaxchilan. Their journey takes them to many significant ruins, from Chichen Itza to Uxmal, Mayapan, Coba and Tulum, Calakmul, Tikal, Bonampak, Palenque, Monte Alban, Quiahiztlan, and Tenochtitlan. Along their route, they visit Catemaco and the Sierra de Tuxtla, climb Popocatepetl, join a marriage ceremony at Tula, and visit the amazing National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. They also encounter many folks along the way; Senior Aguilar and family at Valladolid; Maya, a Mexico historian at Tula de Allende; and Katrina, who becomes their guide to Tenochtitlan. At Tikal, Robert meets Carol, the love of his life and who eventually becomes his wife.      

Roland H. Wauer retired from the National Park Service after a 32-year career. He worked in six national parks, the Southwest Region Office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as Regional Chief Scientist, and Chief of Resource Management in Washington, D.C. He is the author of 32 books on wildlife and the national parks and one novel: "Natural Inclinations: One Man's Adventure into the Natural World." His love of nature has taken him to every state in Mexico, including the Yucatan, where he discovered an additional interest in the Mayan ruins. That interest in archeology propelled him to visit many of the ruins in Mexico, Tikal in Guatemala, and the Aztec ruins of Tenochtitlan. He lived in Bryan, Texas.