After a wonderful Thanksgiving and birthday celebration, we packed up and headed down the road to Brownsville, TX to begin our Mexico Overlanding Adventure. Not going to lie, I was nervous. Possibly all of us were. Although we had read, researched and planned for months, … [Read more...] about Border Crossing
Overlanding Mexico
Thanksgiving with the Florida, Texas and Wisconsin Ekmans
After finishing our tour of Big Brutus in West Mineral, KS, we continued on to Caldwell, TX located approximately 30 minutes from Texas A&M University. We had approximately 9 more hours to go but got off to a fairly early start so expected to reach our destination in … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving with the Florida, Texas and Wisconsin Ekmans
The Adventure Begins with a Big Brutus
Our journey started with a visit to Caldwell, TX to celebrate Thanksgiving with Jim's side of the family before heading down to Brownsville, TX where we would cross the border into Matamoros, Tamaulipas. We were looking forward to this celebration as Jim's mother (Grace), sister … [Read more...] about The Adventure Begins with a Big Brutus
Our Mexico Journey
In November and December 2016, my husband Jim, my son George and I took an overlanding trip through Mexico. Overlanding? What is that you ask? Overlanding is self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not … [Read more...] about Our Mexico Journey