Thursday December 9th, 2021
Today marks the first day of our 2021 trip down to Mexico. My dad (Jeff) and I (Suzi) started our day early this morning doing last minute preparation and finishing loading the trailer. We made one more last minute trip to Walmart and replaced the battery for Clifford the Big Red Van since it decided…
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Friday December 10, 2021
We woke up around 7:00 this morning so that we could all get on the road by 8:00. The drive from our hotel to the border is short, but that didn’t stop us from getting donuts and coffee for the ride. We were greeted with unusually long lines at the Santa Teresa border, and after…
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Saturday December 11, 2021
After a hectic night, we had a much calmer morning at La Junta. We ate breakfast with the kids, did more fun activities and played with all the new toys. We got out some board games that we brought for the kids, rocket balloons, bubble guns, and lots of play-doh. We also got to meet…
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Sunday December 12, 2021
We started our morning around 7 am. We needed to be extra early to the food distribution this year because we had to meet a guide who needed to lead us through the mountain. We ate a quick breakfast at our hotel of eggs, beans, potatoes, tortillas and pan dulces before we hit the road.…
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Monday December 13, 2021
Today our group got to sleep in a little, and we were able to have some sightseeing time before we began our drive back to the border. But first, Lupe had something very important that she wanted to show us. A large plot of land in Creel that isn’t too far away from the current…
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Tuesday December 14, 2021
Today was the final day of our trip. To be honest it was not very eventful. We left our hotel around 8:30 am to began our drive up to the border. We were on a strict schedule to make it to El Paso in time for some of our traveler’s flights at 5:00 pm. The…
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