Ancient ruins and water frozen in time! Oaxaca part two.
One of the highlights of Oaxaca City for most visitors is the ruins of the Monte Alban archeological site. This is huge area located on a mountain overlooking the city. […]
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Oaxaca City, Oaxaca.
This city is in an ideal climate zone. It is surrounded by lush green mountains that send gentle breezes through. It blessed with a light afternoon rain almost daily and […]
Mountain village scenes (Veracruz and Oaxaca)
Somewhere in the jungly mountains of Mexico lies the line between the states of Veracruz and Oaxaca. I suppose there is a sign on a highway somewhere that marks that […]
Veracruz state- police encounters!
Mexico has 31 States and one Federal District. Many of them are named the same as the capital city. Leaving the city of Puebla and driving through the state of […]
Puebla & Cholula- A church on top of a pyramid, on top of another pyramid.
Puebla was a city that we enjoyed during our drive through Mexico back in the early 2000’s. When we passed by the VW plant we stopped at the gates and […]
Mexico City- a huge city, full of fun.
The fifth largest city in the world seemed a little intimidating to us. But there were a few things there we wanted to see and do. Yet there were a […]
Cascada de la Tzaracua (the trashy waterfall) and Ocotal Parque
After many days in small villages we had accumulated some dirty laundry. So we made a plan to pass through Uruapan and drop the laundry. Then we would go to […]
Lago Zirahuen- a few days at the lake!
Upon suggestion from other travelers and a person that lives in Michoacan, we decided that Lago Zirahuen might be a good destination. It has been a long time since we […]
Patzcuaro and Isla Janitzeo
Visiting Patzcuaro felt a little bit like camping at a farm! The place we chose to stay had a wide variety of farm animals roaming free on the large property. […]
Teotihuacan- pyramids from our past
Teotihuacan is one of those places that we visited briefly when we passed through in 2001. Coming back this time meant spending more time in the community and at the […]
Media Luna-
Near the town of Rio Verde in the desert of San Luis Potosi, Mexico there is a strange phenomenon. As you drive towards it you can feel the desert […]
In the cool mountains of Mexico
After a great time exploring the abandoned mining area and the wonderful pueblo of Mineral de Pozos we were ready for a change. We left the high desert and headed up into the […]
Guanajuato; we said we would be back someday.
Mike and I travelled the length of Mexico in 2001. We drove from Bahia de Kino to the far tip of the Yucatan and even visited Belize. One of our […]
We stumbled upon a music festival!
Somewhere outside of Durango, Mexico we crossed another geographic milestone. This is a first for the new camper rig. Driving into Zacatecas we knew that we were in for […]
A different look at Mazatlan (electrifying)
Mazatlan is probably viewed by most people as a resort town, a tourist destination and a cruise ship stopover. But we managed to experience Mazatlan very differently. We arrived on […]
If you liked the drivers side artwork, check this out….
Stripping the original decals off of the passenger side took a little longer. Those little grey stickers were harder to get off. There were also more windows, openings and issues […]
No more “vanilla” camper! Look at this artwork…..
A long week in Rocky Point (Puerto Penasco) Mexico culminated in a beautiful new look for the camper and truck! We posted a need for an artist on the local […]
Water systems on the camper
One of the features we added to the camper was a secondary water system. We have the original Northstar water tank which holds 30 gallons of water. The fill location […]
Backseat box OR the backseat goes to the dogs!
One of the custom features we had developed in the truck cab is the back seat storage box. When we sold the bed of the truck, we also sold the […]
Sand ladders and screen door
We added a couple of interesting things to the camper recently. Both of them add something to the appearance, but also have important functional roles. There are many interesting modifications […]
