Filed under: Ajijic, General Update, Greg Collett, Hiking, Lynne Green, Travel Storys
We’re down to 12 days left staying here at the ranch in Ajijic. It’s been 18 months since we got here. In some ways it feels like we’ve been here forever, in others, like we just got here. We’ve gone through two ‘Snow Bird’ seasons, a rainy season, time together and time apart. We headed out from Toronto in October 2009 looking for adventure and, we found it. Overall, what a great time this has been.
We’ve met a lot of folks who have the same sort of adventures spirit that we have, and we’ve got some tips on some other cool places to go.
As we sit here now, there is just one couple left to fly out of here, Thee are two women going to be living here full time. Most of the Snowbirds are returning again next year. Our summer plans are that Lynne will hang out at the house in Newmarket most of the summer. I’ve got a 6 week night school course in motorcycle maintenance. That ends on the first of June. Weather depending, I hope to head out west on the bike for a bit then. My plan is to get to Calgary to visit my daughter Christine and the grandkids, then continue on to Victoria. I’ve been reading some blogs of people who have biked across the country. Several have continued up north and done Alaska too. The idea is tempting. I expect I’ll think about that leg after I get out west.
I need to be back in Newmarket for late July to get out to Lake Placid on the weekend of the 24th. I think this years Ironman is going to be a blast. Bryan, Andy and Vickie are the only people that I know of who are participating this year. Bernie and I are volunteering as peelers. Most of the rest of the gang are planning on coming down to watch, train and some to sign up for the next year. I’m really looking forward to that weekend.
We’ll both be home for a few weeks after that but we’re planning on doing the Camino walk in Spain starting in mid September. The walk is a bit under 800k and should take 4 to 5 weeks. We’re booking our return flight for 8 weeks after we arrive. From the stories we’ve read, there are a ton of folks who have done the walk and have had to push though rain because they had to get to the airport for their return flights home. Neither of us can think of anything fun about hiking in the rain so, we’ll hang in wherever we are when the weather’s bad. We’ll spend whatever time we have left after the hike in Portugal.
We’d like to be back home over Christmas this year. I haven’t seen my Mom or the kids over Christmas for two years now so, I want to spend Christmas with them all this year.
We really have no idea of what’s going to happen after Christmas. We may have blown the budget with our summer and fall plans and have to lay low for a bit. I’m thin king that it would be cool to fly down to Panama (Bouquette) where we’d started out towards when we headed out originally. We’re still pretty happy that we’ve been lucky enough to adventure around the way we have so far.
With only 12 days until we leave, we’re getting a bit anise to get going but, our friends Rona nd Bev and coming here for a week, arriving this Saturday night. We had a great time with them last year here and we’re looking forward to expiring another couple of towns with them and just hanging out. The one town I hope we get to is Tequila. It’s about a 3 hour drive from here and I think doing the tour there will be a blast. I’ll post pictures from there if we do that trip.
We’ll pack up the car the same day that Ron and Bev leave and then head out the next morning. 2 days should get us across the border and into San Antonio where we’re going to spend a couple of nights and then, we’re thinking of just fast tracking it home. I’m guessing we’ll be back by around the 20th or so. Here’s hoping it’s bike riding weather when we get back!
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