We left Queretaro, Mexico on June 25th and traveled the last leg of our journey to Oaxaca. It took us about 10 hours to navigate our way around Mexico City (to avoid any possible run-ins with the Federales - as they love to pull foreigners over to bribe them). We finally arrived in [...]
Continue reading about The Move South - Final Phase (June 25th)
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. [...]
Continue reading about The Move South - Phase 5 (June 22-24)
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
