Solar

We need internet and power for laptops from 3pm to 9pm five days a week for the kids school. I wired all our routers including the Mofi cellular router and our voip phone to the 12v battery through voltage converters however the kids laptop batteries don’t last 6 hours.  We tried cheap inverters from Walmart …

1,2 skip a few La Peñita de Jaltemba

We have settled in to the RV park at La Penita for a week of much needed R & R for Sally and myself and exams for the kids after a bit of hustle and bustle to get here.  We had to drive into the outskirts of  Guadalajara to get diesel exhaust fluid.  I had …

Santa Clara Del Cobre

We caught a couple of combi buses to Santa Clara.  This is a small town just outside Pátzcuaro that specializes in copper work.  We chatted to an ex-teacher that worked in Melbourne for a few years  and has now retired to Santa Clara.  He pays $75 a month for rent and sells sugar cane juice …

On the Road to San Juan Benito Juarez

Well the sat nav took us for another detour through the old town today.  The road we took was marked on the map as a yellow road which is a major road.  We later looked at google maps and found that the road we should have taken was in the opposite direction onto the toll …

Matehuala to San Miguel de Allende

Some days you are just not thinking too straight.  We changed our minds late last night and decided not to stop at Gogorron for the hot springs.  The resort looked like it catered more for hotel guests than rv’ers and I thought we could catch up with hot springs another time. The result was that …

Clarksdale

Our first taste of Southern hospitality.   We intended to stop for one night in Clarksdale however after a visit to the beautiful visitors centre located in the old railway station we were convinced by Bubba (Ken Murphey) the new Tourism Director to stay for a couple of days.  Bill Sutton an ex History Teacher …

On the Road to Clarksdale

Start of the Blues District A visit to the Tunica Casino Crossing the Mississippi Fort Curtis Civil War Fort Replica in Arkansas Cotton Fields Antebellum housing ( Pre-Civil War)

Memphis – Taking Care of Business in a Flash

A ride in a pink Cadillac.  A Visit to Graceland and meal of peanut butter and banana sandwiches. A visit to “The Bass Shop”.  A man’s toy shop of boats, ATVs, guns, fishing and camping gear.  All too expensive for us. Graceland

Nashville Tennessee – New Year’s Eve Concert – Keith Urban

Sorry, but we have been moving so fast and doing so much that I haven’t had time to keep posting.  I am going to start where we are today and hopefully work backwards to fill in the gaps.  Just starting to get ourselves sorted and enjoy being here. Yesterday we drove down from Caves City …

Kentucky – Jim Beam Distillery

This one is for Raymond Lawn.  Sorry it wasn’t the Wild Turkey distillery – this was an hour away. Dropped in on the Jim Beam Distillery on the way to the Mammoth Caves area of Kentucky.  We were lucky and managed to get a tour without a reservation after initially being told none were available …