Almost a Birthday

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We’d had two days of rain—which is pretty crazy around here in winter, and without a hurricane nearby—and weren’t sure if we could trust the weather forecast for Ouest’s birthday, so we pushed it back a day. I love that our now six-year-old daughter is so carefree about a change … Read More

Sayulita Grammy

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Dogs, cats, and kids. Not much new around Sayulita. Spotted this and realized I’ve now reached the pinnacle of success. Van camper? Check. Surfboard? Check. Shampoo bottle on the windshield wiper? Check. Live on the Margin on the dashboard? Check yeah. As parents we are willing to overlook mediocre food if … Read More

Béisbol and more

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It’s been a few weeks since I downloaded Ouest’s pictures off her camera. I need to talk to her about this picture. She took this from a treehouse at our campground in Teotihuacan. She was explicitly instructed to avoid this particular hole in the patio. She swore she would. I … Read More

Sayulita Style

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Someone is getting far too comfortable with us. When we’re out on the beach in the afternoon Lowe likes to eat fish-on-a-stick. Local sellers walk up and down the beach with fish and shrimp kabobs, and Lowe has taken a particular liking to it. But he also likes to save … Read More

Cocos

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El Dia de Guadalupe is coming up, and for the next week we get the pleasure of being woken at five o’clock each morning by the sounds of bombs going off on the beach. I call them bombs, the Mexicans probably just call them fireworks. Owning or detonating one of … Read More

We’re Starting a Band

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Hurricane something-or-other came past us the other day, and with it came three solid days of rain. Non-stop drizzle. Literally, non-stop. Beach sand on dry days is fine—it comes off with a swipe. Beach sand on rainy days is another story, and therefore coming in the house at all during … Read More

Days Slide By

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Shredding waves daily. Ouest is currently our only surfer, but I think Lowe is going to come around here soon. I have to remind myself sometimes that he is a lot younger than her, despite the fact that he runs around with her all day trying to do whatever she … Read More

Revolution Day

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Revolution Day is a fun holiday in Mexico. A lot of people dress up in the typical garb of the early 1900s, and everyone comes out to celebrate. We drove down to Puerto Vallarta for the day to go to the parade, where thousands of locals lined the streets for … Read More

This is a kids’ life

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Down here, I love how much our kids get to be kids. They’re free to roam, they can walk over to a friend’s house/bungalow/tent/rv and yell out for them. They can hang out on the beach together. They can get soccer games going. Whatever. It all just feels very old … Read More

Pushing for the Coast

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We spent a long few days making our way across the country. It’s a surprisingly long way from Mexico City to the Pacific Coast. After San Miguel we made the short fifty mile hop on over to Guanajuato. From there it was 200 miles to Guadalajara, which has, quite frankly, … Read More

Back to the Bus

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That was a lot of travel just to get back to the bus. Probably should have just drove. The bus was just how we left it. I don’t know why we’d ever expect anything different. I don’t think we’ve ever left one of our vehicles/boats that we didn’t come back … Read More