I´ve blogged about Mezcala before, so I´m not going to get into much detail. However, we went again, this time with some new friends. All the kids were excited for the upcoming boat ride, while hanging out on the newly-built, beautiful malecon! Our friends, Rachel and Greg, are responsible for the extra children above. It takes good parents to make good kids (sadly, which is why our kids have short tempers), and these...

You know those lovely packages of Driscoll´s raspberries that cost a pretty penny? Yeah, those ones. They can fit in the palm of your hand, but cost about $3-$5 dollars to purchase, even in Mexico. Well, these babies are grown right here, in the most Western town on Lake Chapala, Jocotepec.  The town is dotted with raspberry fields covered in white canopies. We can buy a package of those raspberries at the grocery store for the normal...

Our children refer to a particular malecon as the “Blue Walkway”, because oddly enough they painted the entire walkway blue. It is located between Ajijic and Chapala (almost to Chapala, in fact), and runs right along a road. If you pass by there on a Sunday, you will see that the park is PACKED with Guadalajarans and families enjoying the grass and playgrounds. Every other day of the week, it feels nearly deserted. We like to let the...

This year we were fortunate enough to attend the annual Regata de Globos (Balloon Race) in Ajijic. Locals have told us it is one of the highlights of the year, and they are right! Have you seen the movie Tangled?  If you haven’t…go see it! Anyhow, Rapunzel’s goal is to go see what the “floating lights” are in the sky. She discovers they are handmade paper hot air balloons that the villagers...

If you’ve ready many of my other posts, you’ve learned that Jared and I spend a good deal of time on Malecons in the area. Some people have asked me, “What is a malecon?” A malecon is a walkway built by a waterfront. It usually has a paved walking trail as well as additional attractions such as playgrounds, grills, park benches, etc. And since we live on a huge lake (50 miles long by 10 miles wide), it means there...

But seriously…don’t you think so? I love the gigantic trees that are in the center of all of the roundabouts in the La Floresta area of Ajijic. A friend once gave me directions to her house, and told me to turn left at the 2nd tree. I thought, “what? Not the second street…but the 2nd tree?”  I followed her instructions and then realized that the trees marks the streets. They are GIGANTIC, and create an...