Yesterday we traveled the new Puerto Escondido/Oaxaca City hwy from the coast but we overheated about 1/3 of the way up to the summit. That first climb goes up to around 6,000′ in about 40 miles of road. That and in over 90 degree temps. We had to pull over when the engine started to…
Remote, peaceful resting spot to enjoy nature and make some big decisions
Click on images to display full size slide show. Travel Takes A Toll We felt pretty fried after the past few days of travel and had to address some issues with the RV (oil change, radiator issues) and then stock up and boondock at the Walmart in Manzanillo, Colima before moving on. On top of…
Running errands on foot in Lo de Marcos (who needs a sauna?)
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Language, culture & climate challenges in paradise: Life on Isla de la Piedra, Mexico (Part 2)
The Language When we crossed the border into Mexico on November 11, 2022 it had been over thirty years since I’d spoken Spanish to any extent. Sure, I grew up spending time in Mexico with my family and shopping in Tijuana and later, as an adult, had my own extended forays camping in more off-the-beaten-path…
What a day on the road in Mexico is like for us
So it’s complicated… Since we are in an RV and not all the spots we stop at have full hookups or are near stores we have to plan ahead. Also, our generator won’t work if we are not at least 1/2 full of gas so another thing to plan ahead for. AND in Mexico you…
Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
November 11th, 2022 was our big, much anticipated border crossing day so we started out early. Our plans pretty much came off without a hitch with an easy drive to the border crossing at Sonoita, Arizona and no wait to get our paperwork approved AND WE GOT THE FULL 180 DAYS! Now for the 1.5…
Twenty-nine Palms/Quartzsite
We were so flipping happy to get into the lower elevation desert areas and friendlier locales after our experiences in Joshua Tree. We had planned to stay at Twenty-Nine Palms but it’s so darned ritzy that the RV parks (we were willing to pay the prices) would NOT allow any RVs that were more than…
Twenty-nine Palms: We got kicked out of Joshua Tree!
After the trauma of losing our awning in the Tejon pass and a boondock in the Palmdale Walmart parking lot (during a pretty intense wind/rain storm) we were ready for a park camp somewhere cool and figured we’d go check out Joshua Tree National Park when we arrived at Twenty-nine Palms. As for Palmdale…we saw…
Palmdale, California and the Tejon Pass incident
These photos are of the trip from Dunnigan to Palmdale…we were so happy to be entering the desert and warmer weather although we ended up going straight into a pretty intense storm. The worst of it was going through the Tejon Pass when 70+mph wind gusts partially opened up one side of the RV awning…
