Are you thinking about hiking the trail to Rock House in Ohio? Is it worth it? The short answer is yes, it’s worth it. The long version, including details about hiking it with family and things to expect are located within this post. Come on in and let’s explore a great trail in the Hocking Hills of Ohio!
Though everyone (including me) was ready to be done with 2020, I didn’t hold out much hope for 2021 being better. Sadly, it wasn’t better in far too many ways. Watching my fellow humans gleefully impose restrictions upon and generally oppress their friends and family was sickening. I watched at least one country return to their penal colony roots by becoming an incredibly oppressive jail for the innocent. More than one country made it impossible to live life without getting an experimental jab (which is showing to not be effective at all, resulting in more hospitalizations and restrictions even in countries with really high jab rates – seriously, look up Israel. There are also a lot of athletes collapsing while playing their sport and other things that are being explained away as nothing. I even saw a 12 year old’s death described as natural causes. What?!) There are even reports of camps for those infected. Does carting off people to camps remind you of anything?
I watched my own country continue to accept the same old and worse crap, but this time from a new ruler (so that makes it better, apparently). And I watched as people tore into each other without using logic or even a hint of skepticism that these oppressive, blanket policies that require force are WRONG. Wrong AND harmful.
We will see the fallout from this stupidity for many, many years and most of us will not connect the dots… which makes us doomed to repeat history.
I know disaster prep has a bad rap, which is rather unfortunate. I’ve had to do some minor disaster prep while living as an expat in Mexico and I do strongly recommend it for practical reasons. Let’s get into why being prepared is smart (and not crazy) and how to do some basic prep while living abroad.
Be prepared!
Our visit to La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico in April of 2021 was one of my favorite vacations of all time. It ranks high. Really, I think it’s a tie between La Paz and our December, 2018 trip to Playa Del Carmen (here’s where you can read about why Playa Del Carmen was so awesome). La Paz is a gorgeous area with beautiful beaches. Another feature of the area are the whales.
I’d planned to take a whale watching tour, but I keep getting to the region too late in the spring in order to make that a reality. However, I got lucky and got to see them organically and unplanned. Here’s the story!
If you’re looking for cool places to visit in Queretaro, Mexico, I recommend checking out the acueducto Queretaro or the Queretaro aqueduct and viewing it from Mirador de los Arcos. It’s a special site that is distinctly Queretaro. Let’s check it out!
It just so happened that it was time to renew our US passports, at least for me and the kids. How do you go about renewing US passports for children while living abroad? It’s definitely easier than I thought!
We became permanent residents of Mexico recently. Should you decide to become expats in this lovely country on the path to becoming permanent residents in Mexico, here’s what you can expect as a family going through the immigration offices in central Mexico.
Since moving to Mexico in 2017, I’m always on the look out for a great beach in Mexico to visit with my kids. We love going to visit the ocean while on vacation and it’s oh-so-satisfying to dip my toes in the sand and salty water. So, where are the best beaches in Mexico for families?