We figured out we have a mouse. Yesterday I woke up at 1am and lay in bed reading my book. Then I started to hear the slightest rustling. You should know I’ve become a very light sleeper because I’m anticipating the girls waking up at least once a night (needing to pee or be covered […]
#overlandingwithkids
Changing Vistas
There’s something to “overlanding.” Defined as traveling by driving over land, it also refers to the culture of living out of a vehicle. I’m figuring out why it’s so enjoyable for us. Wikipedia: self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with mechanized off-road capable […]
Baja Parenting
Here we are on the most beautiful beach yet. Laguna Ojo de Liebre. We thought it might be nice to take a walk on the beach. The girls are demanding to wear their swim suits and go in the water. Sure why not, but it is 65F. Still yes. OK let’s get them out. They […]
Highly Anticipated & Much Stressed About: Mexican Border Crossing Day
Adela managed to get an ear infection the evening before our border crossing day! We figured we should take care of the doctor visit on the US side just in case it was something bigger…it wasn’t. At 10:45am we managed to pull away from the pharmacy with the right antibiotic and headed to the border! […]
The Continued Sprint to the Mexican Border
“So we’re doing this!” I reminded myself at random points of time on days 4 and 5…we are in fact going on a long trip, with our children. Initially it felt like we were going for a regular old camping trip. We drove from Portland to Medford, OR. Then Medford to Red Rocks Trail, CA. […]