Reason #157 why I don’t like planning….
While we were In Mazatlan Wyatt connected with a family who’d moved to Chacala, Mexico from Colorado. More…
THE GREAT KITTY CAPER
It seems that no trip to Mexico is complete without at least one “tail” of animal rescue. We got our first the other day. More…
EL FARO
We’ve seen a quite few head scratchers in Mexico, but this was the biggest one so far. Not a mile up the beach from the big high rises, in the Zona Dorada, in it’s own private cove… with a pretty decent break, I might add. I found a hotel in ruins that was surely the secret laboratory of Dr Zira and Cornelius. More…
EL HOMBRE DE MANGO
A day at the beach always leads to this:
And that always leads to this: More…
MAZLAND
Mazatlan feels like a “land” in Disneyland where we’re magically transported back by one of the old Pan Am Clipper flying boats to a tropical “destination” of the late sixites and early seventies… Mazland. More…
Photo Credit: Wyatt Foley
NATURE
I thought I had a clever caption for this pic. Something like “Nature’s the best teacher.” But… I kept looking at it and it occured to me that I really couldn’t see where nature ended and Kaila began. So… I think I’ll just let it speak for itself.
LIFE IN SMALL SPACES
I’ve never actually put a ruler to it so I don’t know the exact square footage of our home… but… it’s small. It fits in the back of my truck. Yep… we’re one of THOSE families… who live in the back of a truck… and a glorified tent. My Mom is so proud! More…
HOME SWEET HOME
LANGUAGES
Don’t you ever wonder why we don’t have one international language? I mean, all these languages in an era that claims to be globalized… seems kinda silly. And it’s gotta be a great source for misunderstandings.
The kids asked if sign language was universal. I didn’t know… but it got my hopes up. I mean, sign language is a relatively new entry in the game… maybe they thought ahead. I checked. Nope, there’s even more than thirty different sign languages… really.
I’m not saying that we should all learn ONLY the same language… you could certainly keep your native language. And I wouldn’t even care which language is chosen. Just as long as we all have one in common.
Here’s the current breakdown. Thirty eight percent of the world speaks nine different languages… Chinese being the most common (more than twice as common as English). Sixty-two percent of the population speaks different languages.
Anyway… here’s last nights sunset.
LAS GLORIAS
There are a lot of good guide books that cover general travel in Mexico, but there’s only one book that dedicates itself to camping in Mexico. It’s called the Church book by most… More
DREAMS
Dreams bring our lives to life. They make “doing” the focus.
Nostalgia isn’t the memory of better times. The good ole days weren’t all that good. It’s the call from a time when we were brave enough… or crazy enough to dream.
HOLDING THE SUN
Maybe you followed some of those dreams… and maybe you got slapped around a bit. And now you’re sane… and smart… and afraid. You’re NOT gonna fall for the banana in the tail pipe again.
But the problem with being smart and sane is that it’s predictable and boring. It draws from the past… what’s been done. And that makes it seem like our life is behind us. So we long for the time when we didn’t feel that way.
Maybe it’s not so crazy and dumb to be crazy and dumb. Maybe it’s time to dream again.
Keep in mind that this is coming from a guy who lives in the back of his truck.