We were fortunate to be able to attend the Festival Internacional de Globos (International Hot Air Balloon Festival) in Leon, Mexico in November, 2011. It is a yearly four-day event that takes place in a...

Walmart runs some crazy produce deals on occasion. You can always tell when a super big deal is running, because the locals raid the stand and clear it out fast. One thing I've learned...

 ...until you remember that Mexicans are weather-wimps!  Seasonal temperatures only vary a slight bit, so 5 to 10 degrees F may cause the locals to shiver and buy parkas at Walmart. Oh, and they...

 What do you do when you are invited to two Mexican birthday parties in one day? Well...gee...you can't just miss them!  But committing to both is committing to a loooong day! And it is...

After leaving the butterfly reserve, we hightailed it to Valle de Bravo, a town about 2 hours from Mexico City. Because of its close proximitely to such a huge population (roughly 25 million), it...

The forests near the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserves are at high-risk for logging. You can see that the land is fertile and gorgeous, and sadly farmers keep illegally cutting further and further up into the...

Just a fun little (quick) visual of our trip through Patzcuaro, Michoacán on Day of the Dead!  Enjoy!

It is a question I get a lot. We haven't spent much time flying or doing "quick" travel around the world. However, we have logged a LOT of miles in our van with children...

 From Morelia, we took off for Angangueo, a mining town located in the far Eastern part of the state of Michoacán. This was to be our resting point before going to see the Monarch...

Morelia was the next stop on our list. As we drove into town we saw the typical Mexican fare--small tiendas, brick houses, signage everywhere, etc.  We didn't expect much, because we've never heard people say...