Before we leave

We are packing up the house an moving to Los Barriles, Mexico. Trying to get it all into one pickup truck. I think it will take several trips

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The West Coast: From San Francisco to Bamfield BC, the first month of our hurricane avoidance trip!

Sitting here in Portland, Maine in a nice hotel room trying to sort how to condense this blog. We have been traveling for a couple months, but now beginning the journey home after stopping for a Brooklyn visit . It’s been a great couple months….mixed with my usual annoyance that I didn’t exercise enough or…

by brantdyer6929 October 25, 2026October 26, 2026

Mexico City: A perfect finale in a city that has it all!

We stayed in a whole new area of the city for us. It was just perfect for our needs…which included visiting a friend, finding tile, and eating excellent food. All were accomplished! (easily, except for packing the tile) By the time we got to Mexico City we had been traveling for about 2 weeks so…

by brantdyer6929 October 2, 2026

Taxco: so much more than a silver shopping stop

We keep trying to figure out what it reminds us of and I think I’ve figured it out. It’s a compilation of many places: Rome, Greece, Portugal and Peru … oh and Mexico. Our hotel has an expansive view. Rose mole first night. A cable car to a hotel high in the mountains overlooking the…

by brantdyer6929 September 10, 2026September 11, 2026

Puebla: home of 365 churches! (Google disagrees but ask any local)

So very different from Oaxaca… at first I felt a bit off center. Then bit by bit we began to enjoy the food, and the architecture most of all. It’s a big city so we only explored the historic zone. We began with a terrific tour of Cholula . Nope, not a hot sauce tour…

by brantdyer6929 September 2, 2026

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