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Life is a series of adventures that take you from one moment in life to the next. What you make of these moments define who you are as a person. You can dwell on the setbacks and mistakes or you can accept them and strive forward with the determination to make the best of what is thrown at you. Never in a million years did I believe that I would have the good fortune to be able to travel and experience the world as I now am. I ask only that I can share the joys of the world with my children and give them a rich appreciation for the life and culture that is to be experienced, admired, and learned from. Not all are as blessed as we are but that does not mean that they are any less of a beautiful creation. May you all have new trails to walk down...

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By ArmyMustang
October 7th 2009

Exploring Tlaxcala North America » Mexico » Tlaxcala » Tlaxcala

Paletas in the Parque

Another lazy morning where Mia and I slept in until 10am. For this reason, I have changed the medicine dosage times for Mia because 2:30 am/pm was not working. My mother has obviously forgotten the in-the-middle-of-the-night feedings and the necessity of waiting a few hours to give her that first dosage in order to get all the other times on a reasonable schedule. The first time that I tried to wake Mia up from a dead sleep and give her the medicine, I woke the next day to see that most of it had dribbled down her chin and dried in [View Full Entry]

By ArmyMustang
October 6th 2009

Traveling from the Distrito Federal to Tlaxcala North America » Mexico » Tlaxcala » San Antonio » Acuamanala

Local Volcano

It is nigh impossible to exchange your US dollars for Mexican pesos in a bank. If I had known that I would waste almost a complete day trying to turn my money into the local currency, I would have deposited it into my checking account in order to just pull it out of an ATM and presto, pesos! Azul and I didn't end up getting out of bed until 11am (9am our internal clocks). Azul and I slept in the children's room with Sara sharing a bed with us, Marciana and Marilub on the bottom bunk of the bed to one [View Full Entry]

By ArmyMustang
October 5th 2009

First Day in Mexico North America » Mexico » Estado de Mexico » Distrito Federal » Atizapan de Zaragoza

Jose, Mia and I

The flight from Portlad to Houston was relatively uneventful. Mia behaved as well as can be expected for an almost two year old at midnight. Thankfully we had a young couple seated next to us and not some uptight senior citizen to chastize me on manners and children these days. Continental now offers DirecTV during your flight for a mere $6. I tried to sleep as best I could but it wasn't pretty and the layover in Houston didn't help. Upon arrival in Mexico City, I will need to pass off my child and attempt a nap. Thankfully, the flight from [View Full Entry]

By ArmyMustang
October 4th 2009

From Snow to Sunshine North America » United States » Oregon » Bend

A Snowy Wakeup

This trip is already starting off on a crazy note. My plan had been to work the majority of my shift and just leave a couple hours early to give me time to drive the 130 miles to the airport and catch our flight. Instead, we awoke to 3-4 inches of fresh snow covering the car and roads. Jose helped me load the suitcases and everything into the car so that I could leave straight from work and he would bring Mia and meet me in Redmond. The drive to work soon convinced me that this plan was not going to [View Full Entry]

By ArmyMustang
February 24th 2009

An Exhaustive Day of Shopping at Pier 39 North America » United States » California » San Francisco

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

We got off to a rocky start this morning after I hit the snooze again and we missed our wakeup time by a couple hours. Thankfully someone called and that woke me up. Erika was a little turd this morning so we didn't actually roll out of here until after 10 am but hey, we're on vacation right? The current toll to cross the Golden Gate bridge now is $6 if you're headed southbound into San Francisco, just in case any one is budgeting for their upcoming travels. We followed Hwy 101-S to Lombard Street and stayed on that until it [View Full Entry]

By ArmyMustang
February 23rd 2009

Bend, OR to Windsor, CA (Day 1) North America » United States » California » Windsor

Mia

With this fabulous new schedule that I have, we decided to take advantage of the very first 4 day weekend to make a quick trip down to Cali and get out of town. The alarm went off at 7am and I hit the snooze button without thinking so we were a little slow getting out the door. By 9am the Escape was loaded up and we were on the road. It was pouring down rain as we headed south but I had hopes that it would get better the farther we got. Jose drove the first part of the journey so [View Full Entry]

By ArmyMustang
March 5th 2008

Day 6 Autlán, Chimulco and Guadalajara North America » Mexico » Jalisco

Shot of Tequila

Carmen was up bright and early this morning getting the boys up, dressed, and off to school. I tried to sleep in as long as I could but that is a difficult feat with both girls in bed with me. Then Mia had one of her overflowing diaper episodes and that did it, I was up and stripping the bed in a flash! The boys didn't get out of school until 12:30pm so Carmen took all of us around the town for some more sightseeing and to go find out if the town pool was open or not. On our way [View Full Entry]

By ArmyMustang
March 4th 2008

Day 5 Relaxing in Autlán with Carmen North America » Mexico » Jalisco » Autlán de Navarro

Harvesting Cabbage

First order of the day was food for us. We decided that it would probably be easiest to grab some snacks on the road since we were getting a fairly late start. Sorry but I don't handle time zone changes as easily as I used to. Our first stop was to fill up the tank and Fernando bought me a bag of caña for only 10 pesos. It had the hard outer shell/bark peeled off and it was cut up into 1 inch chunks. You basically pop the chunk into your mouth and chew the fibrous wad to get all the [View Full Entry]

By ArmyMustang
March 3rd 2008

Day 4 A Rocky Start in Guadalajara North America » Mexico » Jalisco » Guadalajara » Colonia Rinconada San Francisco

Sleepy Little Girls

It was a very long night as we waited to board our flight in Tijuana. The plane was scheduled to depart at 12:55AM. The gate (or sala) as it is called there was starting to get crowded as we continued to wait the several hours. As the time got closer, they made some announcement that I could not understand and everyone started to line up. I had thought that we would board based on groups or seating but we got into line like a herd of cows, monkey see monkey do seems to work in any country. As we finally got [View Full Entry]

By ArmyMustang
March 2nd 2008

Day 3 Coalinga, CA to Tijuana, Mexico North America » Mexico » Baja California » Tijuana

Fuzzy Fruit

I hate Mexican airports!!! But don't let me get ahead of myself quite yet, I still have the whole adventure of my day to share with you lovely folks. I figured out what I forgot in my packing....the power cable for my laptop!! That one wins the prize when your plan is to blog your journey for everyone back home. (So folks, that's why I'm home now and trying to go back and blog each day and post the pics now that my laptop and power cable have been reunited at last) After showering and getting the girls dressed and ready [View Full Entry]

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