I think most folks would agree, the only good cockroach is a dead cockroach ๐ชณ So in a slightly better frame of mind than the night before, I set out to clean & negotiate. Now to be fair we are in the jungle tropics ๐ด There are bugs here. As much as I hate the […]
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๐ผ Baggage Difficulties & Other Airport Fun๐ฎโโ๏ธ
Letโs discuss why you want to decorate the hell out of you luggage… because people do not pay attention! The pilot gift at Balloon Fiesta one year was a rolling carry on size suitcase, black with AIBF artwork embroidered on the front. We were one of 650+/- pilots that received these, so itโs safe to […]
Back On Track…๐งณ
With our res cards in hand, after only two & a half weeks in Mexico & a full three weeks before we expected & were scheduled to, we once again regrouped & repacked & rescheduled & rambled on… We have been coming to Mexico for the last few years to participate in the Festival Internacional […]
๐ฒ๐ฝBest Laid Plans meets Bureaucracy๐ฒ๐ฝ
Wonderful food, beautiful art & amazing culture were a nice distraction to what would become a plan of changing plans, with stops, starts & many changes in direction. Here is the incredibly long story about the drama on Monday & Tuesday, the beginning of November at the immigration office for those of you who were […]
San Miguel de Allende ๐ผ๏ธ Art & Foodie Wonderland ๐ฒ๐ฝ
If you ever find yourself self in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, I highly recommend not only the colorful city of San Miguel de Allende but also its two other nearby cities, the stateโs capital & university town of Guanajuato City & the larger, Leon with its Zona Piel (leather market) & Plaza de Zapatos […]
๐ผSan Miguel de Allende๐
Three & a half weeks was not nearly long enough to take in the beauty & grandeur of this quaint yet bustling town. SMA was the perfect spot to get started on this adventure, a bit of comfort in the expat community with plenty of opportunities to learn how things work & gain the courage […]
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico Landing โ๏ธ *Afterthoughts, Mistakes & Unexpected Upheavals
๐ฒ๐ฝ I went back & forth a dozen times trying to decide from where to continue… from the beginning? May? Our first destination, Pagosa Springs? I even began to confuse myself, so after much โchoice paralysis” I am just going to start where we are, or close to it… Our Mexican arrival ๐ฒ๐ฝ We left […]
Not For the Faint of Heart ๐
I guess I feel like I have never really had a home. Home is specific people, home is freedom, home is courage & adventure, home is a place inside myself. Others along the way ask us where we are from… I am never quite sure how answer that question. Sometimes I say, “most recently, Colorado” […]
๐ปโ๏ธ Heโs a digital nomad ๐โค๏ธ Sheโs a vagabond (ME!) ๐๐ผ
A little back storyโฆ May 2022, we sold our house ๐ก in Colorado Springs, where we raised these kids who are now adults, grown & flown. We purged most of our stuff & put the rest in storage. We are hot air balloonists, who love adventure & traveling โ๏ธ and skiing โท & hiking and […]