by Gary | May 25, 2017 | Food, Mexico, Puerto Morelos
Every morning, we take our dogs for a walk. But on Wednesdays, instead of returning home from the beach, we walk over to the town square for the Wednesday market. Now, don’t think this is one of those huge-ass markets that happens in other Mexican towns. Some of...
by Gary | May 23, 2017 | Food, Mexico
For the first couple of weeks here, we struggled a bit with cooking. We were still getting settled, plus we wanted to revisit our favorite restaurants now that we were back in town. But mostly, we were at a bit of a loss for what to do about dinners. Back in Texas, we...
by Elizabeth | May 16, 2017 | Medical, Pets, Puerto Morelos
Two things that we love about the house we’re renting is that it’s completely dog friendly, and Mrs. Roper, the owner lives on site (and she not only speaks fluent English, but fluent Spanish too!) She has 3 dogs, and it’s been amazing that from day...
by Gary | May 10, 2017 | Mexico, Technology
Since we’ve arrived here in Mexico, the mobile apps I use most often now have changed. Here’s a rundown of the apps I find myself using most now that we’re living in Mexico. Messaging – WhatsApp WhatsApp is definitely the messaging app to have down here in...
by Elizabeth | May 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
So, Gary and I have been in our new home in Puerto Morelos, Mexico for just over a week now. We arrived last Wednesday evening, and since then, we’ve gotten to work settling in to our new home & figuring everything out. There have been a few times over the...
by Gary | May 4, 2017 | Mexico, Technology
A number of people have asked me what we’re doing for our mobile phones. Are we keeping the same number? Changing plans? Getting a new Mexico number? We both have iPhones, and we’ve been on the AT&T Unlimited data plan for years back in the US. We...
by Gary | May 1, 2017 | Mexico, Pets
I had a couple folks ping me about Wookie (our cat). None of our road trip posts discussed the cat – so what happened to Wookie? We decided not to drive down with the cat. We thought it was just gonna be too much to have us, 2 dogs, and the cat in the small Jeep...
by Gary | Apr 29, 2017 | Mexico, Puerto Morelos
Thursday was our first official day living in Mexico. We’re busy un-packing, getting settled, enjoying some tunes. We hear chainsaws going outside on the street. And then the power goes out. Joy! Head outside to the street, and sure enough, they power line to the...
by Gary | Apr 28, 2017 | Mexico, Moving, Road Trip
Hers’s a summary of our trip from Austin, TX, USA to Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico Total time: 5 days Total Distance: 2050 miles Total Tolls: dang! I forgot to total these up. I do have receipts though, so I’ll try to update this post soon with that info....
by Gary | Apr 28, 2017 | Mexico, Moving, Road Trip
Today was our longest day – 12.5 hours, about 550 miles. First speed Trap We hot our first speed trap today, around Champoton. Coming across one of the bridges, the elevation drop of the road naturally lends itself to going fast. I was even going a bit faster...
