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Note: see our new trailer blog http://3totango.wordpress.com for current updates. Last summer as chronicled here at the sichblog we sailed with Jaime’s  Dad Capt. Jim from Guatemala to Isla Mujeres, Mexico and then traveled by bus around Mexico and Guatemala.  We had discussed getting a trailer  at some point and visiting some of the National Parks in […]

Last week we packed up our new Mazda hatchback and started the trip back to Palm Springs from Oregon. Our plan was to take the coast route as much as possible. The first two nights we camped outside of Florence and the weather was perfect during the day but a bit nippy at night in […]

Oregon has many beautiful places but only one national park – Crater Lake. Last week we packed up my parents RV and headed South for this special place. Camping with my parents is not exactly roughing it. We had all the comforts of home except for unlimited water to bathe a very dirty Lucy who […]

We flew back to Oregon yesterday (no mas bus) and are staying with Jaime’s Mom. It was good to see them and our now shaggy dog Lucy. Many thanks to Dave and Becky for taking care of her while we were gone. Order of the day is to locate a used car. It would be […]

We walked across the border yesterday morning after an all night bus ride from Veracruz to Matamoros. The US Border agent asked me all kinds of questions I had difficulties answering correctly. “How long have you been out of the country?” – “ugh… 8 months … no wait I left May 8th.” – “Where do […]

Hola amigos/amigas. We are now in Antigua, Guatemala. We are studying Spanish at a school or as our guide from Merida, Mexico would say “and now you will know” Spanish. Ha… if only. The drive from Lake Atitlan was very interesting. The terrain kind of reminded me of the Sierra Nevada foothills in Spring. The […]

We are in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The pictures are the view from our room. Life does not suck;)

Jaime and I went on a tour to Sumidero Canyon today. A van took us about an hour away and 5,000 feet lower in elevation to the start of a boat ride through the canyon. The cliffs towered 2,500 feet above the river. It was truly spectacular. The only ugly part was coming around a […]