Santa!

We stopped at the Bass Pro Shop to buy Mark shoes.  We had never been to the Brass Pro Shop.  Bekka & Jeremy told us it was fun but we had no idea what that meant.  If you have never been to a Bass Pro Shop, it is like a Disneyland Fantasyland attraction for redneck… Continue reading Santa!

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Car Insurance for Mexico, Central America and South America

One of the last steps we have to do is buy our car insurance policies for Mexico, Central America and South America.  Turns out that this is an easy process.  All the insurance can be bought online and the policies are emailed to you.  Mexican insurance is instant; Central & South American insurance takes about… Continue reading Car Insurance for Mexico, Central America and South America

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Texas. The Last Stop.

So here we are, back in Port Isabel, Texas.  We needed a few days to get the last things together before we leave the USA.  We needed another spare trailer tire, another belt for the van, laundry and showers.  This part of Texas is pretty awful — all the campgrounds are for 55 and older… Continue reading Texas. The Last Stop.

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San Antonio by Sylvia

Today we went to San Antonio. We was going to the ice cream store and it closed down.  We went to Walgreens and my dad went in and got some stuff thats how I noticed it was closed because my mom told me.  And we went walking downtown.  We drived on the highway and we… Continue reading San Antonio by Sylvia

Immunizations

We had 28 immunizations at the St David Travel Clinic in Austin.  All of us got a Yellow Fever shot and a Typhoid shot.  Jennah, Max and Sylvia got another chicken pox shot.  Mark and I had to get three more shots each – Hepatitis A & Hepatitis B (one big shot), tetanus and an MMR… Continue reading Immunizations

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Preparing to leave the USA

We stopped in Austin to begin the last preparations we need to do before we leave the USA.  We had a lengthy shopping list which included: Stocking our medicine (Benedryl, peptobismal, etc) The much-anticipated Yellow Fever and Typhoid Shots! A visit to a doctor for broad spectrum antibiotics (Cipro) and epinephrine Ink for the printer Car… Continue reading Preparing to leave the USA

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Dallas

We camped in severe wind, so severe we signed up for texted weather warnings and watches before we went to sleep.  We woke up to thunderstorms and drove towards Dallas.  In Dallas,  we visited the site of President Kennedy’s assassination.  It was interesting to be some place you have seen so often in pictures.  Jennah… Continue reading Dallas