Comments on: That damn dawg

By: Mamahops

Mamahops — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:52:11 +0000

@ Kel – yeah, it takes a while – not for you though – I kept thinking we’d leave Any Day Now.

@Jody – I so hear you on the South Pacific. I have always been in love with the idea of sailing but never really in love with the nuts and bolts of sailing. And that just isn’t a good situation to be in. I love to live vicariously through Zack and Bumfuzzle though.

@Sue – thank you SO MUCH! I really hope you’re right as we’re probably going to dip into our “do not touch” nest egg to redo the Merida house. I’m counting on my salary to take us through.

@Michelle – I’d LOVE to see your doggie! What a delicious name! We’re counting down the days.

@Jonna – it is so strange leaving the roaming life behind, isn’t it? It doesn’t feel right to me and I am pretty sure that at some point, I’ll be back on the road again. Maybe Merida will be a “base camp”. I have fallen head over heels with that city though. Hey, did you kill MI?

@Vicki – how are you guys doing? Ya know, I LURVE kilos until it is time for them to come off. They come off SO SLOOOOOWWWWLWLLLY.

@Mimi – old fashioned scale. No batteries. It finally started coming down yesterday. If it didn’t, I was going to start hacking off hair or body parts to force it down!

@Sean – Wow! Well, you’ve met my folks – maybe not – they saw your bus somewhere in Texas. One year you guys were on the same route but a week off – and it was a route that we had done the year before (or earlier that year). Thank goodness for the blog so I know what happened and when, eh? You really do need to visit PaaMul and come deeper into Mexico though. I think you guys must have taken one of the last trains. I don’t think they run anymore. Anyway, c’mon down!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:10:57 +0000

“I really thought we’d get back on the road though. Jamie still thinks we can travel next summer, but I’m not convinced.”

Hmm, does this mean we won’t ever get to run into you on the road? (At least, till we get to PaaMul, or, I guess, Merida now.)

By: Mimi

Mimi — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:31:34 +0000

Maybe you need to change the battery in that scale! Hugs, Mi

By: vicki

vicki — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:37:17 +0000

I think I need a new scale that reads in kilos. 80 kilos sounds so much better than my 140 lbs!

By: Jonna

Jonna — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:49:38 +0000

My tongue isn’t purple, in fact, I may be starting to agree more with you on this. It is amazing how hordes of people from one culture can change the environment even inside another culture. I do think that Paamul is an exceptional example however, there really aren’t very many RVers here from outside of Canada and the US. It’s pretty monocultural there. Akumal during the winter isn’t much different, during other seasons you will hear a lot more Spanish and other European languages though.

It does feel different to go from thinking of yourself as a traveler to being an ex-pat. I have a lot of mixed emotions about leaving the full time RV life. I never considered once I retired that I would live in the US again in one place, but it is different to live in Mexico in a house than to be here but traveling most of the time. I love my homeland but it rather bores me these days, I think I need the stimulus of always needing to learn and figure out new things.

Good to see you posting, I’ll share a dog with you for excuse purposes, OK?

By: Michelle Winchester

Michelle Winchester — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:19:46 +0000

Thank you for posting! Now, we really do have a pup to eat up posts! We got here yesterday. A chocolate goldendoodle. She is adorable. We are trying to decide if we should bring her with us to Cali or leave her here with folks to care for her. Ummm….. Can’t image doing any schooling right now, good for you! Such a needed profession too! Looking forward to seeing you in less than two weeks!!!!!

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:21:00 +0000

I’ve been reading your website forever, just because it is so interesting. I just want to say that I am a school teacher in Texas who didn’t get my degree until I was in my 50’s. I didn’t, (and don’t know anybody who did) learn how to do my job in college. It was just a ticket to get a job. Don’t worry about being employable. Just get the piece of paper and the rest will fall in place. Good luck, and keep writing.

By: jody

jody — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:00:00 +0000

That is “agree with you on the politics there”….

Do you have room in the trailer and palapa for all 6 of us? ;*)

By: jody

jody — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:25:22 +0000

Glad you posted!

The snowbirds have arrived here as well. Not quite in the numbers of last year though. It seems very quiet here this Fall.

I want to raise my kids someplace like the middle of the South Pacific…..on a boat….with no land in sight. I think I am about done with all cultures. The last 5 or 6 elections have just done me in. I think if I were to chose where I could be an ex-pat, it would be Mexico. Love the culture as well….agree on the politics there.

I think my patriotism roots back to my Italiano grandmother. She was very rah rah. Very proud of her Americana citizenship. You have no idea. It was infectious. Plus my Dad was the same. He served in WWII.

And you go! on the testing. Hang in there, and you will be done with it before you know it!

By: CancunCanuck

CancunCanuck — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:48:32 +0000

Manuel,
Nope, didn’t give up citizenship. Will be pursuing Mexican citizenship in two and a half years when I qualify but I can keep the Canadian one too. And no, not using the health care, haven’t been to Canada in four years, using good old Mexican doctors. If I ever do go back to Canada, I will have to live there for six months (I think it’s six months) before I qualify for free health care too.

Why do you ask?