Hell’s Half Acre

Our motel was clean and it blasted A/C directly at Pike and Jesse’s bed and I was able to dry most all our newly washed clothing by hanging it around the room, but I felt a little ripped-off with the price and was looking forward to the prices of Motel 6, where we had . . . → Read More: Sanderson, Tx to Wilcox, Az

We had such a lovely time in Cuatrocienegas.  I’d read about the place in the Lonely Planet Mexico book (I think I have the 2004 edition) and thought that if things worked out it might be nice to visit.  We have turquoise waters in the Caribbean and had seen the turquoise of the Huasteca, . . . → Read More: Cuatrocienegas, Coahuila to Sanderson, Tx USA

I have dragged the trailer twice through this route and once we got on MX57 it became the Most Boring Drive to date.  It was a lovely road – 4 lanes and good surface, but very very very boring.  We made amazing time and were in Saltillo in about 2 hours.  For some (bad) . . . → Read More: Matehuala, SLP to Cuatrocienegas, Coahuila

We spent a long lazy day in Jalpan getting Jesse out of the sun and Pike and I decided to visit the mission at Landa de Matamoros.  The road up to Jalpan had been incredibly windy (and expected) but I was really tired of doing eleventymillion curves at 40km/hr.  So it was with a . . . → Read More: Jalpan, Queretero to Matehuala, SLP

I think I went through a little culture shock in Coatpec.  Well, that and we just about froze to death.  I was about ready to pack in the whole trip – head straight for the border where the roads are easy to manage, where you can drive 600km a day without a second thought, . . . → Read More: Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo to Jalpan Queretaro

When we woke this morning, we found our car completely blocked in by other vehicles.  I’d already planned to leave later (6:30am) as the sky would be starting to get light then and I felt the roads would be better to travel then, but seeing all the cars made me wonder if we’d ever . . . → Read More: Coatepec, Veracruz to Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo

I forgot to mention the other day that on my way out of Merida (at 6:30am) I somehow managed to scrape the side of an urban bus in the very narrow lanes or so the driver claimed when he forced me to a stop and blocked the street to talk to me.  He kept . . . → Read More: Frontera, Tabasco to Coatepec, Veracruz

It isn’t a Hopcia trip unless the vehicle gets stuck at least once.  Today we left Merida at 6:30am – later than I had originally planned, but going to bed after midnight for the past 2 nights required a later start.  The road from Merida was super wide and with shoulders all the way . . . → Read More: It isn’t a real trip until the van gets good and stuck

It is infinitely easier to be the one leaving than the one left.  We were all pretty wrecked when Jesse and Jamie left eariler this year, but at least the kids had Kilo to distract them.  When the boys and I left Jamie and the girls at home yesterday I was wondering WHY we . . . → Read More: Merida, Yucatan

The boys and I are headed to Merida this afternoon to start our journey to the US.  We have been lucky enough to be able to afford an annual trip for a number of years now and this year we’re going back for a bonus party – my folks’ 50th wedding anniversary.  We are . . . → Read More: Blastoff!