Lowell's Blog
Updates from the road

Since buying our diesel truck 3 weeks ago we’ve been looking to complete the replacement of our little RV “Pee Wee” by purchasing a small 5th wheel RV. We can both attest that there are lots of ugly, aged and weathered rvs out there, at least in our price range. Craigslist has been the best resource both selling Pee Wee, our Durango, finding our truck and new-used Prowler RV. I love telling people that we bought the RV in the desert south of Quartzsite Az near the Az – Ca border from a free spirited couple who live on the road following seasonal climates and jobs and taking excellent care of their home on wheels. Frankie has already named it “Homie” the traveling casita. Homie is a 1994 25.5ft Prowler 5th wheel in great shape and has been nicely remodeled by previous owners. When we walked in Homie we immediately knew this was our new casita, no long list of things that would need to be done, only Frankie’s decoration flair which she is already started.

Neely already approves.

Diesel (our truck) and Homie (you got to love it) will be heading on the road mid June after our 2010 Baja cruise.

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Next adventure Central Mexico

Like clock work each Spring Break season, the US media focuses on Mexico drug violence. Our hardworking friends in Mexico both American and Mexican hope’s that tourism would increase this season will suffer yet again. Yes, there’s violence to report on with cartel infighting but beyond these bad guys lies a wonderful peaceful, friendly Mexican culture that we love and feel at home in. We see the harm bad news reports cause to tourist’s will to visit Mexico. We also see struggling friends like Luis and Gabby who own a Gallery in Penasco who had to pawn their car to keep their business alive in this slow economy (support them if you can ). Personally, we feel safer traveling in Mexico than many places in the US. Alert traveling is always our rule. That being said….

Last year our friend Heather Heffernan spent 3 months in Guanajuato studying Spanish.

Guanajuato is in the mountains north of Mexico City in a very historic area of Mexico. After hearing Heather’s report on the beauty & history of the area, Frankie and I will join Brain & Heather and Mike & Gill, from the Cholla hood, on Heather’s reunion to Guanajuato. We will also plan to visit San Miguel, Guadalajara and a final bash in the town of “Tequila”. We meet in Mexicali (near Yuma) on Tuesday night and fly Wed to Leon and drive on to Guanajuato. Apartments in Guanajuato will be our home base until we head for Tequila the following Monday. Finally, we fly back to Mexicali on Wed the 24th from Guadalajara.

We should be sending a few updates and facebook posting during our trip. We will have email and our magicjack phone with us to stay in touch..

Stay tuned.. Until the next update. Lowell