Nothing Fishy at the Fish Farm
We dodged traffic thru Mazatlan, cruising the resort strip, imagining cliff divers and mesmerized by the houses virtually built hanging over the cliffs. We got out to walk the malecon but the kids had...
View ArticleWeek in Review 29/12/13
There are so many opportunities that we overlook, times when we could meet fascinating people, learn interesting trades, view incredible scenery. It’s far too easy to stay on track, get to our goal,...
View ArticleSimplicity of My Traveller’s Purse
Tourists simply look like tourists, walking targets for theft and scams. Doesn’t matter what country you are in somebody with less-than-noble intentions may set their sights on an easy target,...
View ArticleMexican Tow-Job
7am: About 10 kms from our overnight stay in Las Glorias we were barreling down the country road amongst farms when….our motor stopped. Unable to start it again, we coasted to the side and came to rest...
View ArticleLife of Their Own: Layne’s Place
We’ve been traveling for 19 months without our oldest two girls because they have a life of their own now. And that’s totally expected. That’s the way with kids. We don’t raise children, we raise...
View ArticleSettled on the Hobby Farm
The kids have been voluteering every day that the petting farm is open (6 days a week), so camping here made sense. We set up our largest tent and the Hamilton’s are letting us use their spare 5th...
View ArticleThings I Don’t Miss
I found this in my draft box….an idea for a post from days long past when we were camped on the Baja in Mexico two winters ago. It makes me wonder why we tend to do so many of the things we do. Is it...
View ArticleWhat You Can’t See (Easily) in Reggie’s New Look
We stripped Reggie early in the summer when we thought our lives were taking a different route. But when the plans for Puerto Rico didn’t pan out we went back to ‘the drawing board’ which centres...
View ArticleChristmas Preps: Decorating Reception
For years we didn’t celebrate Christmas; tired of the expectations, the commercialism, the whiny kids on sugar-highs, the over-extending of ones family for all the activities at the church where we...
View ArticleJelly Bean Day…Today
It’s TODAY!! What is Jelly Bean Day? I don’t know and none of us care…but its an excuse for the kids to bring back jelly beans from the Ajijic market this morning. Somebody always comes up with ways...
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