It's official- we are starting a new adventure! Not today, not right this minute, but we are in the planning stages. We are going to move again. Probably not a huge surprise if you have been reading my posts; me saying I'm sick of the desert, that the heat is killing me, and yes I know it's just a couple of weeks or so before it starts to cool off, but then we have a nice 3 months or so, and then cold cold cold. That will last until beginning of March...so extremes....
We've done the tropics; beautiful, super bug bitey, and this humid heat 24/7 365 days a year. Oh and remote. Now we done the desert. Not alot of bugs...but I do have an itchy rash from the heat, my friend Karen out at the center had the same one, and now Everardo as well. The doctor gave us some cream that helps with the itching...I do love how you can go to the doctor for about $10! And taking your dog to the vet is even cheaper. We're still taking Lucky and the last couple of times he didn't even charge us. Lucky is just so skinny; and the vet gave us some better food, I guess with extra nutrients. He also gave him another shot of medicine for parasites. Poor little guy has had a couple kinds of worms and parasites, but he keeps on kickin'. Actually he's 3 months old today. He sooo tiny. But the other day I had him and Sam at the park and this old guy came up & started talking to me- he had seen me out at teh center and was asking if I was still teaching out there. Well Sam ran right up to him tail wagging, but I was holding Lucky and he started growling, alot. I didn't laugh out loud cause I was glad he did it. Little big man.
Ok so back to the start of something new....we are gonna go over to Baja, maybe as soon as late next week, or for sure the following week. The reason we have to wait is because Everardo needs to go see his brother first. Well as it turns out he doesn't "need" to, but he wants to see his brother and so yeah, he needs to. His brother is sick, but it turns out it's kidney stones (I think), and he needs to have a procedure where they use a laser to try to break them up. He's out of the hospital now and goes back in on Monday, so Everardo is going to go see him. He hasn't seen him in 6 years, and before that- it was 30 years! I really wanted to meet this brother, he's the only one I haven't met, but this is not the right time. Poppi is gonna one of those big buses, and if I went we'd probably drive and the cost of the gas, hotels, and I know he's worried about his brother- yeah he's gonna be fine- but he's worried anyway...I understand this completely. If I'm with him, he has to translate for me, introduce me, basically "worry" about me, too. I would be fine, but when we went to Morelia, he was very conscious of when I couldn't tell what was going on, wanting me to like them, and them to like me.....he's this totally easy going guy, and sometimes only I know when he's worried or sensitive to things. So- since we want to take this other trip, I'll sit this one out. I'll babysit our doggys; that was another reason we decided to make the trip to Baja in later Sept rather than end of Aug, because we need a dog/house sitter, and worried if someone just left them outside all day in this heat. Basically we need someone to sit in the house so they can be inside as well, and let them out to pee, etc.
OK so we'll go to Baja after Poppi's trip, which will probably take a week; he has to go to Coahuila, and it's by bus...he may fly back though if he can find a flight for about the same as the bus fare- and he thinks he might be able to.
We're going to the Ensenada area. Ensenada is a huge city and we don't want to live in a big city, but there are tiny towns south of it that we want to take a look at. One is called Maneadero, an small agricultural town, and not too far from the beach, and only about 10-15 miles south of Ensenada...I need to check that distance again. Anyway the area is not desert! Yipee. I also looked up the weather, and it's not super hot or super cold. It's also on the Pacific ocean....not warm like down in Guerrero, but probably not as cold as northern Calif where we came from. Ensenada is only an hour, maybe a few minutes more from the Calif border, so maybe the climate is like San Diego.I've been looking at alot of photos, and I see GREEN, I see grass and trees and bushes. And it looks like there's some mountains, or at least hills. But we'll find a starting place, then come back here and start packing....did I say Yipee??
When I first started looking, I thought maybe San Felipe; it's almost directly across from us here. But I found out it's a desert area too- so no way! ha ha. Everardo told me about Maneadero; he says it has a big open market for vegetables and fruits. He also said he could probably find work there- maybe in the fields, also there's a guy he used to work for....ouch the fields- that's brutal. But that's what I like about him, he will find something. There's also some touristy places, in Ensenada, at the Bufadora (it's a big blowhole at the ocean), and actually I've been emailing with a guy who has a couple of houses for rent, in the $250-400 range. I gotta say though, I kinda want a house not as falling apart as this one....
So that's the new news. Of course Poppi says- this is the LAST move for at least 3 years! Unless it's back to the states....I know, it costs money every time, and I know, everywhere has things you don't like..but one important thing is this makes it even easier for our families to see us. Here is that crappy 4 hours thru the Arizona desert with the bizarre Mexican shuttle bus ha ha. And the truth is, I need to be near my kids more than I thought I would. And Everardo wants his family to visit as well, and maybe his aunt and uncle could make that trip easier. Hopefully we have a long life ahead of us, and we can travel all over Mexico, cause I know there's lots of places I'd love to live, but right now, our families have to be a huge part of us...
ok-enough for now...
Mexico fun fact:
The first great civilization in Mexico were the Olmecs (1400-300 B.C.) who established many cities along the eastern coast of Mexico, sculpted the famous Colossal Heads, and worshipped a mysterious, unnamed god that was part human and part jaguar
We've done the tropics; beautiful, super bug bitey, and this humid heat 24/7 365 days a year. Oh and remote. Now we done the desert. Not alot of bugs...but I do have an itchy rash from the heat, my friend Karen out at the center had the same one, and now Everardo as well. The doctor gave us some cream that helps with the itching...I do love how you can go to the doctor for about $10! And taking your dog to the vet is even cheaper. We're still taking Lucky and the last couple of times he didn't even charge us. Lucky is just so skinny; and the vet gave us some better food, I guess with extra nutrients. He also gave him another shot of medicine for parasites. Poor little guy has had a couple kinds of worms and parasites, but he keeps on kickin'. Actually he's 3 months old today. He sooo tiny. But the other day I had him and Sam at the park and this old guy came up & started talking to me- he had seen me out at teh center and was asking if I was still teaching out there. Well Sam ran right up to him tail wagging, but I was holding Lucky and he started growling, alot. I didn't laugh out loud cause I was glad he did it. Little big man.
Ok so back to the start of something new....we are gonna go over to Baja, maybe as soon as late next week, or for sure the following week. The reason we have to wait is because Everardo needs to go see his brother first. Well as it turns out he doesn't "need" to, but he wants to see his brother and so yeah, he needs to. His brother is sick, but it turns out it's kidney stones (I think), and he needs to have a procedure where they use a laser to try to break them up. He's out of the hospital now and goes back in on Monday, so Everardo is going to go see him. He hasn't seen him in 6 years, and before that- it was 30 years! I really wanted to meet this brother, he's the only one I haven't met, but this is not the right time. Poppi is gonna one of those big buses, and if I went we'd probably drive and the cost of the gas, hotels, and I know he's worried about his brother- yeah he's gonna be fine- but he's worried anyway...I understand this completely. If I'm with him, he has to translate for me, introduce me, basically "worry" about me, too. I would be fine, but when we went to Morelia, he was very conscious of when I couldn't tell what was going on, wanting me to like them, and them to like me.....he's this totally easy going guy, and sometimes only I know when he's worried or sensitive to things. So- since we want to take this other trip, I'll sit this one out. I'll babysit our doggys; that was another reason we decided to make the trip to Baja in later Sept rather than end of Aug, because we need a dog/house sitter, and worried if someone just left them outside all day in this heat. Basically we need someone to sit in the house so they can be inside as well, and let them out to pee, etc.
OK so we'll go to Baja after Poppi's trip, which will probably take a week; he has to go to Coahuila, and it's by bus...he may fly back though if he can find a flight for about the same as the bus fare- and he thinks he might be able to.
We're going to the Ensenada area. Ensenada is a huge city and we don't want to live in a big city, but there are tiny towns south of it that we want to take a look at. One is called Maneadero, an small agricultural town, and not too far from the beach, and only about 10-15 miles south of Ensenada...I need to check that distance again. Anyway the area is not desert! Yipee. I also looked up the weather, and it's not super hot or super cold. It's also on the Pacific ocean....not warm like down in Guerrero, but probably not as cold as northern Calif where we came from. Ensenada is only an hour, maybe a few minutes more from the Calif border, so maybe the climate is like San Diego.I've been looking at alot of photos, and I see GREEN, I see grass and trees and bushes. And it looks like there's some mountains, or at least hills. But we'll find a starting place, then come back here and start packing....did I say Yipee??
When I first started looking, I thought maybe San Felipe; it's almost directly across from us here. But I found out it's a desert area too- so no way! ha ha. Everardo told me about Maneadero; he says it has a big open market for vegetables and fruits. He also said he could probably find work there- maybe in the fields, also there's a guy he used to work for....ouch the fields- that's brutal. But that's what I like about him, he will find something. There's also some touristy places, in Ensenada, at the Bufadora (it's a big blowhole at the ocean), and actually I've been emailing with a guy who has a couple of houses for rent, in the $250-400 range. I gotta say though, I kinda want a house not as falling apart as this one....
So that's the new news. Of course Poppi says- this is the LAST move for at least 3 years! Unless it's back to the states....I know, it costs money every time, and I know, everywhere has things you don't like..but one important thing is this makes it even easier for our families to see us. Here is that crappy 4 hours thru the Arizona desert with the bizarre Mexican shuttle bus ha ha. And the truth is, I need to be near my kids more than I thought I would. And Everardo wants his family to visit as well, and maybe his aunt and uncle could make that trip easier. Hopefully we have a long life ahead of us, and we can travel all over Mexico, cause I know there's lots of places I'd love to live, but right now, our families have to be a huge part of us...
ok-enough for now...
Mexico fun fact:
The first great civilization in Mexico were the Olmecs (1400-300 B.C.) who established many cities along the eastern coast of Mexico, sculpted the famous Colossal Heads, and worshipped a mysterious, unnamed god that was part human and part jaguar
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