Hiking part of the Ruta de Peregrinos in Jalisco, Mexico 8:53 AM (last hour)
After a totally silent night parked in a farmer's field, we woke up to a beautiful sunrise. It seemed like the color was going to last all day.
The gate was closed, but we went in anyhow. 21 Feb 6:04 AM (yesterday, 6:04 am)
Parked by the river in Talpa de Allende 20 Feb 7:42 AM (2 days ago)
The last time we did this route in March of 2016, I did a blog post titled "Next time we'll do this in a week instead of a day". I was referencing the fact that we drove all the way from Etzatlan to Puerto Vallarta on this same route in one day.
Knock, knock, knock by the military 19 Feb 7:24 AM (3 days ago)
We left San Sebastien just before 10:00am, but we weren't going very far. We had read about the nearby La Hermita waterfall, and it looked different, we just weren't sure if there was going to be much water at this time of year!
If you don't like creepy crawlies... 18 Feb 6:45 AM (4 days ago)
Then it's probably not a good idea to visit the Santa Gertrudis mine in San Sebastien.
Heading into the mountains 17 Feb 6:15 AM (5 days ago)
First though, I need to tell you the end of our Starlink story. I had mentioned yesterday that their support people were slow getting back to me, but once they did, the guy was absolutely fantastic. He spoke perfect English. He cancelled our Canadian contract, refunded the amount paid, and set up my email address to be able to easily start a Mexican contract. Once that was done, I still had a few glitches trying to get it paid with our Canadian credit card, but eventually our Wise debit card came though with the approved payment.
Time to hit the road! 16 Feb 5:21 AM (6 days ago)
This post coming to you via Starlink internet! No, we haven't worked out all the financial details yet, but the system is working as it should. The internet is fast enough, but their customer support is very slow! Anyhow, the main thing for now is that the system is working perfectly.
What a circus! 15 Feb 5:51 AM (7 days ago)
We went to the circus a week ago, but now we are experiencing another one!
The price of eggs 14 Feb 5:40 AM (8 days ago)
We puttered around for the morning, then after lunch we walked inland to the Pitillal neighborhood to the laptop repair shop we had stopped in at the day before.
Extended our portable solar panel 13 Feb 7:17 AM (9 days ago)
We went for a walk yesterday. We had seen a pathway that led alongside a river here in Puerto Vallarta, and coincidentally it led by a store where I had been told I could buy the cable for our portable solar panel.
Apparently laptops only last two and a half years 12 Feb 6:20 AM (10 days ago)
Ruth had been having problems with her laptop the last couple of weeks. The screen would only come on after playing with the angle a little bit, and she would have to turn it off and turn it back on several times.
Some great ideas! 11 Feb 8:06 AM (11 days ago)
Yesterday, we hopped on the local bus to go out to the town of Valle de Banderas.
We are open to suggestions! 10 Feb 5:35 AM (12 days ago)
Market day, and everybody loves the circus! 9 Feb 7:42 AM (13 days ago)
There's a weekly local tianguis market just a 15 minute walk from us every Saturday morning. Here in Mexico, the weekly market is where most locals go to get the best prices and the freshest produce to put on their plates for the week ahead.
Out exploring with Lorne and Sue 8 Feb 6:09 AM (14 days ago)
Yesterday, our friends Lorne and Sue drove down from their winter hideaway in La Penita about an hour and a half north of here.
Crocodiles in Puerto Vallarta! 7 Feb 5:30 AM (15 days ago)
We set off in the morning to walk to the old historic district to meet up with our friends. We met them on the malecon and wandered around for an hour or so, then headed up to Pepe's tacos for lunch.
Views above Puerto Vallarta 6 Feb 6:53 AM (16 days ago)
Just for something to do, we went for a walk over to what they call the Romantic Zone of Puerto Vallarta. Ruth had found a viewpoint on the map that we could climb up to for some beautiful views.
Starlink and politics. And our refrigerator! 5 Feb 7:06 AM (17 days ago)
Yesterday morning we puttered around cleaning up Igor. There was still lots of bodyshop dust because we never got a chance to get him properly cleaned up after getting his roof painted, and then of course we were at the beach with all the salt and sand flying around.
Good news, and bad news! 4 Feb 6:58 AM (18 days ago)
We needed to get some exercise, so we started out by walking on the beach. And we had to pass by the resort our friends are staying at, so when we got there we decided to walk right in. Worse case scenario, they would just kick us out. Everybody had wrist bands of some kind, but nobody seemed to notice that we didn't.
They sold our Starlink! 3 Feb 5:55 AM (19 days ago)
On Sunday, we did the 102 km (64 mile) drive from Tomatlan to the big tourist city of Puerto Vallarta.
We met Igor's cousin! 2 Feb 6:24 AM (20 days ago)
We went for a walk around Tenacatita before heading further north. There was supposedly another camping area up around the bend on the other side, so we walked over that way.
January Expenses 1 Feb 5:59 PM (20 days ago)
Well, January was finally back to our sort of normal expenses. Traveling in a motorhome is our cheapest way to live, and this is the first month in a long time where we didn't have much in the way of extraordinary expenses.
Free camping at Tenacatita Beach 1 Feb 5:37 AM (21 days ago)
Tenacatita is a beautiful bay with a tumultuous history.
Views above Melaque 31 Jan 5:55 AM (22 days ago)
During Covid, one of the projects for the town of Melaque was to improve the west shoreline, so they built a nice malecon along that section.
Arrived in Melaque, Mexico 30 Jan 6:57 AM (23 days ago)
We took our time getting ready to go Wednesday morning. We knew it was less than a two hour drive, so we didn't leave Cuyutlan until about 10:00am.