A few quick facts about Lake Superior: (Source: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/superior/superiorfacts.html) Lake Superior is, by surface area, the world’s largest freshwater lake. The surface area is 31,700 square miles or 82,170 square kilometers Lake Superior contains 10% of all the earth’s fresh surface water. There is enough water in Lake Superior (3,000,000,000,000,000–or 3 quadrillion– gallons) to flood… Read More Circle Lake Superior
It snowed a historic amount in Portland- 12 inches of fluffy, white snow (on 1/11/17). The snow took out our power for a few early morning hours while we slept. And since we have only electric heat, we were glad when the power came back around 9:00am. We bundled up as much as we could.… Read More Sled away a Snowy Portland Day
Three Kings Day is the 12th day of Christmas, typically celebrated in Spain and Latin-American countries. I made crowns with the girls on Wednesday leading up to the day and started talking about the day. Ryan ordered a Rosca de Reyes cake. Thursday night Iola lined up our boots by the back door for the… Read More Celebrate Three Kings Day
Here are some Ferguson family stats from 2016: 1 baby added to the family (Frida!) 2 surgeries 22 US states visited 7 Mexican states visited 2 countries 4 vehicles (Carl, Ginger, Saffron, Hank) ~12,000 miles traveled (from sea to shining sea and all around in between!) 364 lbs combined weight on 1/1/2016 (Ryan+Pregnant Carrie+Iola); 352… Read More Review 2016
“And I’ve got such a long way to go, to make it to the border of Mexico.” Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross We said our goodbyes to our friends in Guadalajara and packed up for our trip north. It was hard saying goodbye, even to our favorite street taco ladies. We loved our… Read More Drive Like the Wind
We’ll admit that it took us some time to embrace the organized chaos that is Mexico. If you want an always predictable, organized reality, stick with Hawaii for your vacations. Or for that matter, the Mexican vacations that aren’t really Mexico, like the spring break destinations. But for us, soon enough, the dust of Mexico… Read More Let the Dust of Mexico Settle on Our Hearts
South of Tapalpa is the largest waterfall in the state of Jalisco, the Salto del Nogal. We drove 40 minutes on mediocre roads before reaching the remote parking area. A cattle rancher with three cows and a horse appeared out of nowhere, told us it was an hour hike to the falls, and disappeared just as… Read More Go Chasing Waterfalls
