San Pancho

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Grammy made it to town with dog in tow. We all hung out in San Pancho (San Francisco) today. The town is only five miles up the road from Sayulita, but is another world entirely. It’s pretty plain to see that once Sayulita is completely overrun it will spread out … Read More

Our Towns

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My mom was supposed to arrive for a visit yesterday, but while at the airport she found out her passport was expired. No go. After I got her message Ali said to me, “We went with her when she got her passport renewed right before Ouest was born. How can … Read More

San Blas Bugs

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We burned some gas yesterday, for the first time since New Year’s Eve. Mazatlan has really begun to feel like a home base to us over the past couple of years—becoming one of the few places we can spend more than a week at a time in without becoming anxious. … Read More

From Snow to Sand

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From sledding to sand in just a few hours. There isn’t much to like about flying any more, but bailing out of Minnesota and being thousands of miles south in one non-stop shot is worthy of some praise. I’d still rather drive it, but sometimes even I have to take … Read More

Around Maz

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No job around the bus gets done without the “help” of small hands. Lowe is helping me stand on a ladder here. It’s beautiful Mazatlan weather, so clothing is pretty much optional as a general rule. She’s got four loose teeth at the moment. The two top fronts appear to … Read More

Mazatlan Days

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The past few days I’ve been working on some things in the morning while Ali takes the kids on excursions, or just hangs out at home. In the afternoons we tend to just hang out at the bus playing mud coffee, or lock Papa up in jail, or coloring, or … Read More

Young and Old

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As far as RV parks go, this one is pretty good. Right smack dab on the beach, but also right on the main road through town so the bus can zip us out of this area and down to the Old Town area in just a few minutes. Best of … Read More

Death Spots

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I went to the doctor yesterday. Dermatologists are doctors, right? She pulled on her special x-ray goggles, looked at me, and asked without a hint of sarcasm, “Do you spend a lot of time in the sun?” “Umm, define a lot.” Yeah, I think it’s fair to say I spend a … Read More

Routine Days

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It’s been a pretty quiet few days around here. We usually get out and do something in the morning, then hang around the bus in the afternoon before playing on the beach and swimming before dinnertime. The beach around here was slammed by a couple of hurricanes this summer, and … Read More

Llantera

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A shark, Buzz Lightyear, Bob the Builder, and a cow walk into a bar… Bird feeder. Finally got that flat tire taken care of. Back in the States Travco owners go to all sorts of crazy lengths to replace the original wheels on these things. They are two-piece rims, and … Read More

Neue Freunde

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A couple of days ago a German family came rolling in and parked up next to us. Out of their VW rolled a girl and a boy, each just a few months younger than our own. This friendship did not take long to blossom. She was totally focused on picking … Read More

Mazatlan Tour Guides

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This is the third or fourth time Ali’s parents have visited us in Mazatlan. On this visit Ali and I realized just how much this place feels like a hometown to us now. We have at least a dozen restaurants that we like. We’ve got the market for all our … Read More