We’d only spent 7 nights in Belize, but we’d really enjoyed the laid-back nature of the country. Everything seemed to move just a little bit slower than Mexico. At the border crossing to Guatemala just west of San Ignacio, we got our passports stamped out, and then canceled our TIP. We then drove across the […]
Today was January 12th, 2026, our last morning in Mexico. We’d been in Mexico for nearly two months, since November 19th. We have absolutely loved Mexico, and wish we could stay for longer- but if we’re to be in Patagonia by our target time of Winter 2026/27, which is summer in the southern hemisphere, we
We headed off on Highway 199 north towards Palenque the morning of 1/6/26. We’d been told by several people that the road had some amazing views- and it did, but we thought that Highway 85 in Hidalgo and Highway 175 in Oaxaca, both north and south of Oaxaca City, were more scenic. The road was
We pulled into our campsite in near Santa Maria el Tule on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, 2025. The campground was called OaxacaView, run by the German couple Stefan and Sabine. They were incredibly gracious hosts and showed us around their property- several flat clean places to park, bathroom, showers, dishwashing sink, amazing view of
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We spent two days in our camp spot above Alvarez in San Luis Potosi. We didn’t go more than about 100 yards from the Jeep the whole time. We spent our time relaxing after two long drive days- from Parque National Mexiquillo to the western border of Zacatecas, and then from there all the way
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Ferry tickets in hand, we sat for a while among the many other trucks waiting to board the ferry, the afternoon of 11/5/25. There are two ferry companies that sail out of La Paz: Baja Ferries and TMC. Baja Ferries is supposedly nicer, and caters to tourists with rooms to rent, a cafeteria, and newer
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We got up with the sunrise the next morning, 11/19/26, and packed up camp. We’d chosen to cross the border at Tecate, 30 miles east of the main border crossing at Tijuana. The American side at Tecate isn’t much- a few duty-free stores, a gas station, and some money changers. The Mexican side is a
After leaving Boulder on November 5th, 2025, Delaney and I headed up the familiar Highway 36 from Lyons to Estes Park. Our first stop, much like our stop in Northglenn that morning, was at my grandparent’s old house- the other grandparents! They had retired here, and all my childhood memories of them were at this
We got into Sheridan late the night of October 13th. After a wonderful dinner with Kaz and Dasha downtown, we retreated to their place, in a new neighborhood north of town. We stayed up way too late that night, catching up with their new life in Sheridan. We enjoyed sleeping in a bit, before getting
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We began our trip in Anchorage, on October 6th, 2025. After months of building the jeep, and getting our home ready for renters, we left without as much excitement and fanfare as we perhaps thought we might. We were tired. But- today was the day! We were headed south on the Pan-American Highway: the longest
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