Hell’s Half Acre

For the past few nights, Jesse has been either sleeping on the dinette or in Jamie’s bed (the sofabed). Sissy has been transitioning out of Jamie’s bed and onto the dinette, so that has been working well. Tonight, after a day of certain rebounding, both Jamie and I assumed Jesse would sleep [...]

Jesse has been sick with tummy trouble for a few days. He’s been sick 4 nights and 3 days. Yesterday I was torn between Malaria (we’ve been around mozzies even though they aren’t in the Marlaria areas), Typhoid, parasites or vanilla stomach flu. He hasn’t eaten for all 3 of the [...]

I have had two absolutely lovely practices the past two days. Settle in folks, or click on past, it is a Yoga post today. I think I might have finally figured out my back problem; I’ve had so many theories but I’m really focusing on keeping my back flat as a board [...]

When I was deciding on what type of tow vehicle we’d get (4×4 vs 2wd, diesel vs gas, van vs truck) I never considered getting a 4WD vehicle. The extra weight, the extra gears; I just couldn’t justify it when we had travelled all over dirt and sandy roads in the Westy without [...]

I’m not a religious person. I don’t believe in a God. But you have to have a stone heart to listen to Martin Luther King Jr. preach. Goosebumps. Tingling. I have to stop work, gaze into the distance and sink into his words. The man brings tears to my [...]

We alternate between sadness and excitement here in Alamos. We LOVE the rancho we’re staying at and the lady who runs it. She and her husband bought the place some 50 years ago. He was a mountain biker way before the bikes were built. They have some 2000+ acres here [...]

Mom and Dad have a Datastorm automatic roof-mounted dish to get online. It runs about $6000 for the hardware and installation. I could be off by $1K, but that’s about it. Our internet access is via a dish with a tripod. Normally it is really easy to setup, but sometimes [...]

We’re camped at a rancho (which happens to be for sale) outside Alamos and it is SO quiet and lovely. High clouds have rolled in and it looks like rain; we had a fuzzy moon last night. Alamos has supposedly been infiltrated with Canadians and Americans buying up old historical ruins and [...]

There is something very wrong with the world when our family is awake at or before sunrise. I was up at 6am yesterday and 5am today. Of course, my first thought was how I was going to clean the car, do Yoga, shower, throw in a load of laundry (no time to [...]

We did it! We FINALLY crossed the border! We have actually crossed thrice (Tecate, TJ and San Luis) but this time it is for a good amount of time. We left Tucson this morning (12:15, just into afternoon) with the thought of crossing the border but perhaps spending the night in [...]