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The Moments that added up…

The Moments that added up…

This month’s blogging challenge from my online family travel group was to do a blog post that answers this question: What was “The Moment” when you knew you wanted to travel or change your lifestyle? After thinking about this project for a good three weeks, I’ve determined that perhaps there never was “THE moment”, rather an assortment of many moments that brought this realization to life. For example, as...

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Kindergarten Graduation in Mexico

Kindergarten Graduation in Mexico

Well, I’ve said it before…and I’ll say it again: Mexicans know how to P-A-R-T-Y!! Mexico’s school system is set up to include 3 levels of Kindergarten. Kids can start Kinder 1 at age 3, and by age 5 they are in Kinder 3 and preparing for graduation.  I was pretty surprised when I received a cap and gown from the school, on loan for the Kinder graduation ceremony.  For real? We showed up to a full-on ceremony for...

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How important is sunshine?

How important is sunshine?

Seriously…who needs it?!  After all, living in Alaska for nearly 8 summers made me think that I could possibly live without sunshine! Tsk…shame on me. I’m perpetuating the stereotype that Alaska gets continual rain, and overcast weather. And it does it get its fair share of that. But the truth is that Alaska can also have absolutely stunning, gorgeous summer days. Some summers the sunshine can last for several months, and other...

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Walking the Malecon in Jocotepec, Mexico

Walking the Malecon in Jocotepec, Mexico

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...

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Old Trees are cool…

Old Trees are cool…

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...

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La Rana

La Rana

This morning Jared and I were walking the Ajijic Malecon, as we try to do almost every day. We’re used to seeing some interesting creepy crawlers trying to cross the nice paved walkway (mostly beetles), but today I did a double take when I saw this little guy: And when I say “little,” I mean little! Assuming hoping that he wasn’t poisonous, we had to take advantage of the photo op and then let him...

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