Mexico

Ever since we hit San Diego last May I have been wanting to take the girls to Mexico, I think it is important for them to see how the other side lives, even our homeless in America are blessed compared to the poverty that exists in t third world country. Most of us here in the US do not know what it means to want somthing, so I like to get out and be reminded.

Unfortunatly every border town we were near was reportedly "to dangerous" with all the drug wars. We passed up border towns in California, Arizona and even one in Texas, however this week work has luckily brought me to the blessed town of McAllen Texas, which happens to be on the southern most tip of Texas right next to Mexico. Even though we still heard plenty of people say that this border town was also dangerous, we had a few good sensed locals who let us know that a lot of the fear was media hype.So yesterday we loaded up the kids and hit the border. In order to avoid being a target with the old Lincoln Navigator we opted to leave it in a local Whataburger parking lot and walk across the Rio Grande Bridge on foot.I knew Savannah was nervous because she had the motor mouth anxiety she gets every time she is excited, she started talking and just wouldn't stop. Mom on the other hand gets very quiet when she is anxious so between the two of them it works out.

So needles to say yes it was very safe, of corse we didn't go around looking for drugs, women or trouble, nor did we get obnoxious and drunk. However the Mexican Military was in force out there, Shiloh even walked up to one of them and asked to touch his machine gun.

Surprisingly we only saw one white couple there the whole day, and with the girls being blond they had several locals coming up and stroking their hair.

We got some great deals on some leather sandals for the girls, but mostly we ate, and ate and ate some more. The girls went crazy on the corn, ever since they watched Nacho Libre, they have had a desire to have grilled corn on a stick, but that not much of a local Utah thing so they were stoked when they saw it there.

There were a few sketchy parts of town that we avoided but, I have to admit, this border town was just as safe as any that I hit before.

I hope to visit again if I get done with work early while I am here.

Traveling

I have had enough people ask me what we have been doing and wanting to keep in touch with me that I have decided to get my blog going again.

Jessica and Savannah have also decided to blog on their new sites, so between the three of us hopefully we will be able to keep a record of our adventures.

Since November 1st we have been living on the road as a family.

We spent the month of November in So Cal and had a great time hitting the beaches, Disney land, and of corse we had to hand out a bit in Beverly Hills.

December was spent in Phoenix AZ area. The weather was great we did plenty of swimming and cycling, the highlight was going to some of the old ghost towns and going into an old abandoned mine. We also went to the Mesa temple Christmas lights which was a awesome way to get into the holiday spirit at 75 degrees.

January has been spent in San Antonio, and it has been my favorite destination so far. We have had some great BBQ (Lockheart), visited and studied the Alamo, hung out at the river walk and been out on a few hiking adventures.

Although we have had a lot of fun traveling, I still work. Basically what I am doing is traveling the country and training reps who work for Henry Schein.

We help them learn how to provide strategic marketing solutions and consulting for their dentists. It is actually pretty fun, I meet new reps every day and they take me around to meet their dentist who are looking for marketing help.

After San Antonio we will spend a month in Houston and then a month in Dallas.

Life on the road is quite an adventure, we basically live in hotels for several weeks at a time. The key is to either have separate rooms or to get a two bedroom hotel.

Jessica is way awesome not only is she an amazing teacher to the girls, but she is way fun to hang out with and way adventurous.