• Now with butterflies!

    At the center of it all my initial trip planning was the monarch butterfly migration.

  • Run to the Hills

    In my mind, there was a gas station not too far along - a common mis-remembering after this long on the road: false memories...

  • Travel Summary: Pacific Coast

    We're done with our time on the Pacific and it is time to provide a quick overview of what we learned...

  • An Exercise in Spelling

    Zihuatanejo. If you pay attention to the cultural zeitgeist at all, you've heard of it, maybe without realizing...

  • Finding a New Path

    I suppose I knew I was pushing our comfort too far, that I was deliberately setting us up for discomfort, choosing the more difficult route. I knew this and went ahead and did it anyway...

  • Why Mexico?

    Adventures in Mexico is an option, but certainly not the only good one. So what's the deal?

  • A little post for a little place…

    At this point in the journey, I thought it appropriate to take a little detour away from the coast and the beaches for something more cultural...

  • Christmas at the Beach

    For two weeks in the middle of December, I had scheduled very little at all; extended stays where the only things to worry ourselves with was whether to swim in the morning or the afternoon...

  • Mexico Roadtrip FAQ I

    We're almost two months into this thing so it felt like a good time to share some of the lessons learned...

  • Travel Summary: Baja California

    With the Baja Peninsula is in the rearview, here are some thoughts about our experience travelling down Highway 1, approximately 1400 kilometers from the border to La Paz...