Fiesta Inn Hermosillo

... many of the snowbirds have arrived yet. Saw a small herd of wild burros on the way outside of Q'zite. They were the first wildlife we'd come upon in many- a-mile. Our site here at the Park is quite nice with lots of room to spread out and enjoy the weather here this winter.

... they'll have to do for now and the juice was good) I headed off for Nogales and Mexico full of trepidation.<br>The weather was a mixed bag, cool and overcast all morning.<br>I arrived at the US border about 10:30, they were so keen to get rid of me they never took my exit pass so I had to go back and pass it through the bars.<br>On the Mexican side they were very helpful and the first part of the entry went without a hitch ...

Saturday 20 June 2009<br><br>A short driving day, we started out with lunch after laundry. Our second Road Food pick was Mrs. White&#8217;s Golden Rule Café, a modest diner with whitewashed concrete walls adorned throughout with signatures and well-wishers&#8217; notes written in black Sharpie. The food is thoroughly Southern country cookin&#8217; or soul food; take your pick. Steph had the southern fried chicken, red beans, mixed greens and lemonade. Jim ...

Today's desert run was more like what you would expect from a Jeep Commercial. While most of the trip was smooth sailing, albeit dusty ...

Spent most of the day downloading pictures from camera to computer to back up hard drive . . . so only had a very short time to get out and shoot a few . . .but the pictures I did get are worth sharing . . Jackie

... are nick-named "Jumping Cactus" because they will jump out and get you . . . And sure enough I manage to step on some the one step that I took without looking down where I put my foot today . . Fortunately John and Sallee had a pair of pliers because there was not a pair in our Jeep. And we ...

... the border crossing and so I sayd goodbye to modern USA and Hola to Mexico. Unfortunately the officers gave a permit to stay for 30 days in Mexico only why I will have just a little time to visit the country. The trip on the "Hassle- Free- Highway" to Hermosillo was no problem but because I have to get used of the mexican conditions I checked in to a 45$ Hotel. The first day in a new country used to be not very successfull in this matter.

... their families, and to hear it directly from them, shredded any last doubts we may have had. Over the course of an entire day we visited 1) a tiny street vendor, 2) a polished corner store, 3) a small tienda in a street marker, 4) a tire sales and repair shop, 5) a glass maker/artisan, and 6) a family tortilla making operation run from a small house - all built partly or in whole through microcredit loans, often several ...

... hotel is full they will send you to one of these guest houses. Katie and I were more interested in exploring on our own than paying for a tour, so our second night we ended up in a different hotel which, although nice and very clean, wasn't quite the social or economic value of Casa Margarita's. The next morning I managed to get us into a guest house run by the sister of Margarita, but only after agreeing to go on one of these tours. Luckily the Señora who lived in the guest house ...

¿Qué onda muchachos? Greetings once again from south of the border, and my apologies for an extremely overdue entry. You can blame it on my being converted to the Mexican style of life down here, where the professors always arrive late and the students are slow to update their friends and family. Rest assured Ryan and I have been healthy and well and have successfully escaped the grasp of death on several occasions. Well, things haven't been that crazy, but lots has happened ...