Derek on June 24th, 2007

We spent three great days resting and visiting with family in Queretaro.  They are a wonderful bunch of people, who don’t have much, but what they do have they give freely.

We got to see quite a bit of downtown Queretaro, which has an old aquaduct running through it, as well as many old buildings.  Queretaro [...]

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Derek on June 22nd, 2007

After a long day on the 20th, we woke up somewhat tired but ready to go. We actually spent most of the morning sending the two plastic containers (that we had securely fastened to the top of the Jeep in the luggage rack) to Oaxaca via a Mexican shipping company called Estrella Blanca. [...]

Continue reading about The Move South - Phase 4 (June 21st)

Derek on June 21st, 2007

We woke up early the next morning and loaded up the Jeep. We made our last shopping trip in the USA at the local Wal-Mart and then began our journey towards the border. It took us about 1.5 hours to get to the border crossing at Eagle Pass, TX. I expected to [...]

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Derek on June 20th, 2007

Phase 2 consisted of us driving from Weatherford, TX to Uvalde, TX to prepare for our border crossing the next morning. We wanted to allow as much time as possible to cross the border, due to all the paperwork requirements, etc.
I may not have mentioned this before, but Mom and David were able to [...]

Continue reading about The Move South - Phase 2 (June 19th)

Derek on June 19th, 2007

We left Tulsa on Saturday, June 16th and headed for our first stop: Weatherford, TX.  We have friends there (John and Lorraine Brolsma & Family) who invited us to stop by for a few days to visit.  Thank you John and Lorraine for your wonderful hospitality.  It was great to spend time with you and [...]

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