Anyone who knows me knows I love horses. I love everything about horses and now that we're on this overland journey any opportunity for saddle time or even to see horses is one that I say yes to. After all, we're actively trying to say yes … [Continue reading]
The craft beer scene in México is pretty impressive. Maybe not as impressive as Oregon or Colorado in the U.S. but it is gaining traction and the craft brewers really know how to do a beer festival. I'll never know if it was a blessing from the Great … [Continue reading]
Sometimes I feel as if we're doing it wrong. So many other travelers seem to be volunteering at sanctuaries for deformed baby ligers or riding great white sharks across pools of lava. We're not doing any of the exhilirating things like that. Rather, … [Continue reading]
My journey with mezcal has been a long, bumpy ride. I can't tell you exactly when I bought my first bottle of mezcal, but I think I can narrow it down to sometime in the early 90's. In all likelihood it was purchased at the Army's version of a liquor … [Continue reading]
When I was a kid my mom tended a small thatch of milkweed plants behind our garden. I remember playing with the plants, letting the sticky, white sap ooze over my hands like glue only vaguely aware that these plants were here for a purpose … [Continue reading]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognizes Mexico's cuisine as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Mexican food is known world-wide, and it's pretty damn good. Mexican liquor, on the other hand, … [Continue reading]
One of the things about this trip that has bothered me is that we just don’t seem to do anything. If you saw Will’s latest post and the map that accompanied it it looks like we’re just driving back and forth … [Continue reading]
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a horse lover. In fact, almost half my life has been spent riding, showing, grooming, and just generally taking care of horses. One aspect of this trip that I’ve been focused on is taking advantage of horseback … [Continue reading]
The only thing that one really needs to do in order to take an overland trip like ours is to make the decision to do it. Once that's done, the details will begin to fall into place. In our case, once we had made that decision, we started … [Continue reading]
Sometimes I’m astounded at the difference between tequila in the United States and in Mexico. Tequila in the United States is most often found lost inside a ghastly, bottled sweet and sour mix, poured over ice (or, gasp, blended) and thrown … [Continue reading]