It was a trying day today as we left El Salvador, crossed the Honduras border - drove straight across Honduras and arrived at the Nicaragua border. It took a gruelling 4 hours to cross from El Salvador into Honduras, and then another 2 1/2 hours... Continue Reading →
Fellow travellers along the road
We met a lovely couple from Vancouver Island in San Carlos. They shared with us their stories of having travelled through Mexico for many years during the winter, and how they lived aboard their boat in the summer. After learning about their travels, they told us of their favourite campground in Mazatlan – which we... Continue Reading →
Mexico City + GPS a no go!
We left the lovely resort town of Mazatlan early on Sunday morning, once again bright and early. After some serious climbing of mountains to the City of Tepic amidst some hair raising Mexican (and Californian) drivers we arrived at our camp for the night, an RV park called Roca Azul on Lake Chapala, just south... Continue Reading →
Day 3 in Mexico
Well, we finally feel as though we are on vacation! Our first night in Mexico had us staying at a beautiful campground in San Carlos called Totonaka RV park. The camp ground was clean, well run - had washrooms, showers, a pool and was literally right across the road from a fabulous beach that the... Continue Reading →
Day 5 on the road
Hello from San Carlos Mexico! Here's an update - we left Victoria, BC on Saturday, December 13, 2014 (12/13/14) and travelled through Northern Washington State, all the way to Eugene, Oregon. We headed out to Sacramento on Sunday morning, and spent an evening in California. We awoke to a rainstorm in California and travelled for... Continue Reading →
Final stages of preparation…
Here we are - we are now only 4 days from our departure - it is hard to believe just how quickly the time has passed! I believed that by the time we came to this point, I would be a nervous wreck, but to be honest I am quite calm and very excited... truth... Continue Reading →
Count down to the first days of our journey
OH MY - we are really at this point... The last 9 days of our time in Victoria will be busy to be sure - wrapping up my class at the College, finalizing the purge, sending off Christmas cards, and creating post-card mailing lists I've located some pictures on the net that depict what our... Continue Reading →