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La Vida es Mas Sabrosa en La Playa
It was a lovely, if short and chill visit with Lili and crew. I got to see some areas of Mexico City I’d not been to before. It was nice...
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A Tale of Two Cousins in Oaxaca de Juarez
I had a last few days in Zihua – sunsets, and managed to see Alex and Maude again the day before I left. Andrea and I had delicious meal at...
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Zihuatanejo
The heat and humidity that hit you when you first arrive in Zihua is always a favorite feeling for me. I changed into a dress and flip flops before getting...
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Closing 2025 – Travels Sans Rita
I finished off my time at the beach, working, enjoying sunsets and preparing to leave Rita alone and finally escape Sonora for a while. It was a huge amount of...
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Rolling Rita Right Into Winter
I’m back on a quiet beach and winter is forcibly moving in. The transition away from the house was busy, stressful, painful and exciting. It was such a mix of...
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Surviving Summer in the Sonoran Sun
It has been a long, hot couple of months here in San Carlos. Before I came to Mexico, I thought I knew what hot was, but after living in Zihuatanejo,...
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Flashback to My Rocky Past
You might recall a previous post when my friends Matt and Kendall, visited here several months ago. Kendall maintains a wonderfully in-depth and well-edited video blog chronicling their sailing adventures....
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Collecting Too Many Stones
I awoke way too early again, and enjoyed lazing in the AC a bit longer. I headed out pretty early to Guaymas (but late enough to miss all the morning...
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Travels without Rita and Returning for La Canicula
Wow, time has flown, but I can’t say it’s been all fun. The past 3 months have been quite a whirlwind rollercoaster of nonstop chaos. More or less. The entire...
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Apartment Interlude
It has been almost 3 weeks now since I ‘moved in’ to this little 1 bedroom apartment at the far back side of town. The idea to get away from...
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Settling in to an Unsettled Life
A ridiculous amount of time has passed (or maybe so many things have happened, it just seems longer?) and it seems impossible that I can catch up with my regular...
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9 Months with Rita
March 7 marks nine months since I agreed to buy Rita. Thought I would celebrate with an in-depth look at the more real-world, material aspects of this life so far. ...
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Bus Life in San Carlos / Guaymas
Aside from figuring out where to buy food, get water and finding the best places to pass the nights, my critical project was finding a mechanic. Rita needed an oil...
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San Carlos Nuevo Guaymas
As I approached San Carlos / Guaymas, the road became more highway-like and things felt more urban. I did not have an actual destination, so that made it a little...
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The Border – and Beyond
In all of my anxious imaginings of what could possibly happen at the border crossing, with my entire house, I never in a million years could've dreamed up how it...
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New Mexico to Arizona
When I arrived in Silver City, I was immediately enamored with it. It was adorable, filled with cute historic buildings and funky shops. I couldn’t wait to check it out. ...
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Texas, Texas and More Texas
I left Mission, TX and headed north in search of the 'free for as long as you want' campground. Ifound it easily enough, and it was as advertised. It wasn’t...
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Louisiana Beaches and Into Texas
It was only a couple hours’ drive to Rutherford Beach – as Pearly recommended. It really was way out in the middle of nowhere – long, empty roads and not...
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Happy Six Month-aversary to Rita and I !
Six months ago today, Rita became mine! It went by fast and there had been a lot of knowledge going in and money going out and adventures all around. In...
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Alabama to Louisiana (Yes, New Orleans!)
When I left Chattanooga, I just had a few hours drive down to a boondocker’s farm in Verbena, Alabama. I was looking forward to being alone – not visiting anyone...
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