We love Mexico!

Sunday the Dudley's drove us around the town. We also went to visit Joleen's Grandmother, who has lived in the town for many years. She is a wonderful lady. We have really enjoyed our stay here in Mexico. We can't complain with the sun, ocean and the relaxation that together they bring. The kids have had a wonderful time playing at the beach all day long. In the mornings we like to get up and walk down to the beach while the tide is out and we study the ocean life that is exposed. It's fascinating the things you see when the tide is out and the things it uncovers. The dogs have loved running along the beach and chasing the birds in which they will never catch. The Sunsets are beautiful, but you have to see them in person to get their full effect. 

Today we took some locals that live in tents on the beach some fresh Papaya fruit. They were very nice and gave us the scoop on some of the local places. They are all from various places in Mexico. They live on the beach and rent out chairs to tourist to sit on. Some of them also sell timeshares. They were very nice and did not push it to hard on us. We have on the other hand had more then we can handle of locals walking up and down the beach day after day trying to sell anything and everything to all of us visiting the area. They have tried selling lots of things to the kids as well. The US economy has really hurt the Mexican people. It was a real awakening Sunday driving around the real parts of town (not the beach area) and seeing how the locals live. Very simple, small shacks or houses no grass and lots of wild dogs roaming the streets. For the most part the streets are sand and dirt and are not paved. We feel like the bus we live in is more then most of these people will ever have. We are very blessed for what we have and the wonderful children we have. Enjoy the pictures from the last few days.

Dudley's truck

Jayden, Isabelle and Adriane

Conner and Winston

Conner, Winston and Lincoln

Humming bird at Joleen's Granmothers house

Burnie overlooking the beach

Conner and one of the many collected shells of the day

Overlooking the Sea of Cortez

Steve in the morning at low tide

Bryce walking the beach, enjoying the sun

Let's toast to family time

the tribe hanging out having chips, salsa and drinks looking out at the beach

Isabelle had her hair braided 

our sweet little Winston

Organic Tribe as the sun goes down

Sunset

Sunset

it doesn't get any better then this!

Here are pictures from the National Park we went to Friday.

cool cactus plants in the park

Bryce in the park

Isabelle in front of a small plant

the tribe

Andre this is for you (sorry, but we don't ever want to see El Paso again)

Steve got rapped up with a cactus plant

Lincoln

Steve and the dogs

sweet little Winston

Burnie in the park

So we made it across the border. We didn't know what to expect, but it was there was not much to it. We drove across and the Mexican authorities waved us through. It was then about another 1 1/2 hour drive down and over to our destination. We are on the Sea of Cortez. It is an amazing site. The Dudley's drove us around some of the local town. It's so amazing to see how simple other counties live. We are camping on the beach around hi class resorts, but away from the beach is another world. The people here are doing terrible now that the United States is not doing well. We have added pictures of yesterday and today. Enjoy I know we and the Dudley's did.

The Dudley's crossing the border

the sunset crossing the border

the moon at sunset near the border

Winston, Conner and Justice Dudley heading for the border in Burnie

Isabelle

crossing the border

Dudley's crossing first

this was the RV park we stayed at the first night

this is the new RV park we are at (all to our selves)

Did I mention on the beach?

Steve and the dogs

the kids digging their hiding pits

Steve, Joleen and Dave Dudley

Conner on the beach

walking the beach

Mexico

So we woke up in Tucsun, Arizona this morning to beautiful blue sky. You can feel the excitement in the air that we are close to leaving for Mexico. We are all so excited! We met up with another family on the road last night. They are the Dudley's. We are hoping to have a few other families come with us as well. The Dudley's have a grandmother who has lived in Mexico for many years so it will be nice to have a local we can turn to for all the great local stuff. We will be right by the beach during our stay there. We made it to a National Park yesterday in Tucsun, it was Saguaro National Park. Lots of Cacti and other desert plants and animals. It's always so peaceful when we are in National Parks, you can feel nature around you and not the busy every day happenings. We do not know what our internet options will be, but we do know we will not be using our cells often. We hope to have running email and updating the blog. If anyone wants we can bottle some sunshine and send it to you with love......

Fireworks, New Years and moving on....

Christmas day we headed down to Easley, South Carolina to work at a fireworks stand for the New year. We worked a larger scale tent back in July in Boone NC. This stand was alot of work to get ready to sell to the public, but it was much easier then the July tent. Once again we had a front row viewing area of people watching. There are some really crazy people out there.

our Skoolie Burnie

All the product in boxes

Let's sell

Lincoln and Winston helping with sales

Isabelle and Lincoln having some fun

Coco and Shelter

Julie H. took Lincoln with her and her boys ice skating he loved hanging out with Clay and Reed.

Clay, Lincoln and Reed

Clay and Lincoln

When we went back to Asheville from doing fireworks we stayed with Julie H. and her kids again. Since we can't do fireworks while we are doing fireworks, we did some with Julie and her boys at her house.

Steve and Conner

Winston

Steve and Reed

Winston, Steve and Lincoln

the kids having fun

So this is what happens when dad is working on the bus geting it ready to travel. The kids thought they would have dress up time. Well Conner and Winston did just that, they put dresses on. How cute! The kids had fun dressing up and playing.

Conner and Winston

Winston

Conner

Bryce and Julie

The tree kids

Organic Tribe and the Houstons

One last picture (this ones for the kids)

So with all that has went on the last week since Christmas, we are heading South West to Mexico..... We are in route as this post has been made.