The Adventures of Familia Bajaboy

 All is good so far.  The wind is starting to pick up but it hasn't rained for some time.   Everyone has slept soundly except Tracy.  I'll check in again in a few hours. I am going to get some sleep while I can.  

 Here we go!  Hurricane Kay is on the way.  After 15+ years, I think our village will finally get a taste of a hurricane.  In the past, most of severe weather has veered west or east of us due to the cold water currents.  But it looks like Kay will arrive in full force tomorrow during the day as a Cat. 1 Hurricane. I had to head north again to turn in paperwork for the kids' residency.  Our great friends Hector and Letty came to the rescue.  They spent about four hours helping Tracy and the kids secure the house by boarding up the windows and tying down the roof.  I defintely feel we're in a great shape now.  It's so rewarding living in a village where people look out for one another. I decided to take down our Starlink dish and secure it on the side yard with sand bags and rocks.  As long as we have electricity, we should be able to provide updates along the way.  As of 7 pm, it's lightly raining and a slight breeze.   We took a walk around town and noticed a lot of pe

After a two year break, the Bahia Asuncion Traditional Festival is back in action.  Yesterday, the beach festival took place with all kinds of activities and competitions.  I was asked to help judge the sand castle contest which was a lot of fun. The festival has a variety of things to do.  There is a carnival area with games and rides.  Close by is a dance with top notch bands from Sonora and other states.  Last night, there were two bands and the music went until about 3:30am.  Here is a video from our deck: We woke up today and decided to get some chores finished.  I brewed up a nice Pale Ale and Tracy is doing some touch up paint.  The kids are busy filming videos as well.  I thought I'd share how we recycle our spent grains from brewing here: Later today, we are going to watch the horse races which are a favorite of ours.  I'll definitely post some videos and pictures.  Thanks for following along!

 About 20 years ago, I first heard of David Goggins.  He spoke at one of the San Diego Tri Club monthly meetings.  Back then, I was getting into Olympic distance triathlons and was amazed listening to Goggins talk about some of his adventures.  Little did I know where my journey would take me. Fast forward to today.  I am signed up to do the very difficult Baja 50K, Oriflamme 50K, and finally Angeles Crest 100 mile in August.  It's been over two years since I have taken on a big adventure.  Hard to believe my last official race was the San Diego 100 Endurance Race.  Some days, I wonder if I will ever finish another long race.  I've been training almost daily but can't seem to mentally cross back into beast mode.  Something has to give. About a month ago, I recalled the Goggin 4x4x48 Challenge ( Link to Goggins Challenge .)  It's exactly what I need to jump start my training.  So beginning tomorrow, Friday, March 4 at 9:00 am mountain standard time, I will run 4 miles ev

 We are coming up on six months living full time here, and we couldn't be happier.  We're now all comfortably settling into a routine.   The kids are back to school.  Gabriel is in 8th grade full time, however still online.  This is not due to COVID as I first thought, however the sewer system at his school is in need of serious, costly repairs.  As such, all of his classes are online.  He has classes each hour from 8 am to 1:00, with a 5- 10 minute break in between.  Both Zac and I are really impressed with the curriculum, the class materials, and they way in which his classes are being delivered online.  As for Mika, she's back on campus in 6th grade.  She attends daily from 8 am to 10 am.  Zac and I find such joy walking her to school and picking her up.  As we hug Mika goodbye, we start most days with a chat with the school's director.  Often times he makes sure we are informed of school events, tells us how well she's doing, or today asked if Mika would be inte

Most mornings, I walk through the garden and inevitably find myself pulling weeds or doing some other task.  I figured it's been awhile since I've shared any progress so here we go. Our garden seems to be happy and thriving.  We had a good summer crop of tomatoes, peppers, and squash but the dirt still needs a lot of work.  I keep adding spent grains from our home brews, torn up cardboard, compostable food, and yard waste, too.  Slowly but surely, the dirt is getting better.  We also break up peanut shells and thrown them around, too. In this bed, we have orange butternut squash, tomatoes, two types of lettuce, assorted bell peppers, arugula, and beets. Here is our tomato invasion.  These are all volunteer tomatoes. We planted a second round of spaghetti squash because it does great here. Super excited to see so many flowers on our mango tree.  Our blood orange and sapote have a lot of flowers as well Here we have butternut squash, a few varieties of tomatoes, basil, arugula, s

  A week ago, most of my family went on a trip to Sierra de San Francisco to celebrate a friend's birthday.  We stayed for two nights and three days, which were packed with exciting adventures, and a lot of good memories.  On Monday, I rose at 4:10am to the sound of my alarm. Shortly after, everyone else woke up and the last minute preparations began. We left at 5:30 tired, but ready for the trip up ahead. As  we rose up the mountains, the sun rose with us. The views were stunning. I had never been so inspired as when I could see the gorgeous orange rays of light illuminating the goat filled mountain tops. The village slowly came into view, showing the trip getting ever closer. After checking in, we hopped back in the truck and went down dirt roads to our starting point, Rancho Guadalupe. We got there and immediately saw who one of our guides was going to be. At first, we thought he was a strict and cold old man. But as the trip went on he started warming up to us, where at the