We seem to have done everything we wanted to do in Orizaba, so this morning we took off and headed south. To break the unusual extreme heat, the rainy season must start. Now we’re having a down-right intimate relationship with tropical storm Alberto. This storm will hit the Mexico coast Continue Reading
Cuatro Hermanas
We came to Orizaba with an Air B-n-B reservation for 3 weeks. Air B-n-Bs, by our experience, can really be a gamble, and to be fair, so is VRBO. Some hosts will tout an exquisite opportunity yet provide you with an untenable result. Here in Orizaba, that was not the Continue Reading
Salmon
10 am Saturday, we got the call. “Señor Donnie, Tammy es listo!” I was a bit stupefied that they knew her name was Tammy. We were hedging our bets that all the repairs would be completed without having to extend our stay in Xalapa and we were correct, with 2 Continue Reading
Don’t stop-a till you’re in Xalapa
As the semester drew near to closing and the semi-flamboyant graduation ceremony was complete, the summer-o-fun was just a weekend away. After a quick visit by my daughter and her family, plus the near double drowning of my youngest grandchild, Mexico and it’s healing powers were mentally moments away. If Continue Reading
Tammy
I AM SORRY IF I’M YELLING BUT… YOU’LL UNDERSTAND BY THE END OF THIS. Thursday, December 21, 2023. It was a rather nasty, rainy day as we crossed into Mexico this morning via the Columbia Bridge. The Element and I already had our papers and permissions, but we had to Continue Reading