What happened to Central America?

One of our long time readers saw that we are going to Kyrgyzstan in May, and asked "What happened to Belize and continuing on to South America?

And she was right to question that! When we made our Central and South America plan, it was designed to be fluid. We don't have to be anywhere at any certain time, and we knew it was a three or four year plan.

Moving on today

We never did make it into the swimming pool! Being a Monday, they only had one pool open yesterday. And so it was quite busy, and already turning green by the time we looked at it. The regulars here say the best time to get in is right when they fill them first thing in the morning, but I'm afraid we're not in a swimming mood first thing in the morning!

Arrived at Chimulco Water Park

On Saturday we walked into the town of Valle de Juarez and got some errands done. I was able to pay our home internet bill at the local Oxxo store, then we stopped into a hairstylist for Ruth to get a haircut.

Then we went back into town in the evening and had shrimp for dinner!

Big trip plans just booked!

When we did the "stan" countries two years ago, our friends Danielle and Ron had told us about a campervan rental company in Kyrgyzstan that they had used and really enjoyed. That thought has been stuck in our minds since then. We didn't really do Kyrgyzstan the justice it deserves at the time since we had been there in November and most of the mountain accommodation had been closed.

So we wanted to go back at a better time of year!

Another fiesta!

We relaxed and hung out here at the RV park most of the day yesterday... nothing wrong with that!

But late afternoon, we were invited to another fiesta. I don't think there was any purpose behind it, just that a lot of relatives had been here over the holidays and some of them were heading home to Chicago area.

Made it to Valle de Juarez

Last we checked in, we were parked up just west of the big city of Morelia at the sandstone rock formations called Los Piloncillos. We slept well there again... total peace and quiet!

But it was chilly the next morning, so we got up and drove right away. We were taking another back road... and it was in BAD shape!

2025 Year in review

Overall, we had a great 2025! 

We started the year in Mexico, and we ended the year in Mexico. But in between we were in Spain, Scotland, England, Italy, Albania, Ireland, Greenland, Iceland, and Canada.

Into and out of the big city of Morelia, Mexico and another great overnight spot

We had a great sleep at the top of the mountain, and then headed downhill all the way into the big city of Morelia (pop 900,000).

On the way, we stopped for an hour at a Pemex gas station with a good parking area and had some breakfast and filled up with gas.

Boondocking up in the mountains of Michoacan

A bit of a late start yesterday morning. It just seems like there is more to do than we originally think there is! Anyhow, not a big deal because we're not on any kind of time schedule for the next couple of weeks.

And there are a lot of possible overnight areas along our route, so we figured that if we didn't get as far as we wanted, it really doesn't matter.

Road trip!

We are taking off once again in Igor for a Mexican road trip.

Heading out this morning towards two of our other favorite places in Mexico... Valle de Juarez, and Etzatlan. Both located in the state of Jalisco.