Do my loyal followers ever get tired of hearing how much fun stuff there is to do in this area? Maybe it sounds like I’m a broken record but it’s simply fantastic to have so many options of activities. Living
Paperless Field Trip
I was a parent chaperone on a field trip with Haley’s class when she was in first or second grade. They were studying penguins. I think every kid in America studies penguins; there must be a very strong penguin mob lobby.
Pedasi Panama Public School Poem
Hello from Haley. This week for my writing class I had to write a descriptive poem. I chose to write it about the public school in Panama because what’s more sensory overloaded than that? Despite it sounding relatively negative, I
Cenotes Zapote, Palmas & Popol Vuh
Dan here. I’ve been asked by the boss editor-in-chief of this here blog to write up a little ditty about mine and Haley’s trip out cenote hopping a couple days ago. So here we are. Doing the bidding of our
Pesos, Kilometers, Milligrams, Liters.. ARGH!
When we were first making our decision to leave on an adventure, Dan suggested Panama because it would be a “soft landing”. The money was the same, the electrical current was the same and for the most part they used
Familia
It’s not a difficult question to answer. When people ask “What do you miss the most about the USA?” we always say “Friends and family”, followed by “Red Robin”. The “stuff” we had in the home we lived in and
The Story of 5 Maids
Grab a cup of coffee and settle in, this is a long one. We have a housekeeper, a cook, a gardener, a pool guy, a laundry lady and water boys. You might think we are living the high life here, drinking
Cenote #8 – X’canche at Ek Balam
My sister Margaret and my nieces are visiting us and we’ve introduced them to the thrill of cenotes. They know that any vacation with the Shermans is bound to include water. Together our families have played in water on the
You’ve Got Gas
I love Mexico, but I am looking forward to France. Or Thailand. Or Russia. I want to go somewhere that I don’t speak the language. I want to get out of this no-man’s-land of speaking enough Spanish to get by,
Haley’s Cenote Writing
I’ve been taking a descriptive writing class for a little while, and my assignment for today was to write about a memorable experience, so I chose to write about one of the cenotes we went to last week with the