By the time we got out of our RV the next morning, there were kids playing around La Combi, the wonderful campsite we stayed at overnight run by Isabel and Javier. They host events for kids and the community, and the kids were having a blast on the zipline, playground and running around--it was apparently […]
Whoop whoop--today we're going to cross the border from Mexico into Guatemala! Michael was fortunately feeling better, and we went from Oaxaca to the state of Chiapas, the last Mexican state before reaching Guatemala. We paid our last toll (only one today, 177 pesos or just less than $10), and had our very first checkpoint […]
We woke up in the old amusement park, having a quick breakfast, and getting ready for another long drive. We couldn't find the man who we suspect wanted to overcharge us for staying the night, but we figured he'd probably resigned himself to knowing that we'd cottoned on to the price difference to what we […]
The night before, our adorable security guard had told us that there would be road closures the next day because people would be running, riding their bikes, etc, in the surrounding streets. We figured it was due to some kind of race like a fun run, but the roads were simply closed so people could […]
We woke up at the Laredo Travel Information Center in Texas, with a bit of adrenaline as we would be driving a short distance to the US/Mexico border crossing today. We will admit, we were nervous about crossing over. There are a few Facebook groups that we'd joined leading up to this with folks who […]
Goodbye Cracker Barrel, thanks for the memories! If we had known that the last night was our last Cracker Barrel overnight stay, perhaps we would have done more to celebrate and commemorate this occasion. But we didn't know, and we were on a mission to make it as far west as possible. The morning was […]
Our RV just fit Chris and Chip's garage (well, it was slightly hanging off onto the footpath, but people could still easily walk across). When we'd driven in yesterday, Chris and Chip were in a bit of awe of how big it is, and how much storage it has. Chris kind of idealized traveling in […]
What's a visit to Florida without seeing at least one gator? Our first stop of the day was Swampy: The World's Largest Alligator, a roadside attraction that measures 200 feet long (almost 61 meters), where it sits alongside a highway waiting for visitors. There are real alligators in the surrounding park nearby, with gift shops […]
To NASA and beyond! We showed up to the Kennedy Space Center in the midmorning (Lisette had to get some work done first). There were plenty of spaces for us to park and we were right near the entrance. Similar to when we'd visited the Space Center in Houston, there are multiple ticket options depending […]
We have been to some quirky homes on this trip, including a house shaped like a mushroom, one like an UFO, and ones that have been decorated with lots of random items. This morning was our first time to see a container house on this trip: the Prince Road Container House south of St. Augustine […]