Muchacho Polaco

We arrived to Mexico City the day before yesterday for a few days of vacation. Yun lived here in her early years – it’s my first visit. The city is enormous with nearly 20 million people. Traffic is absolute madness.

Also not cheap, at least in the part of town we ended up. Dinner our first night was spectacular.

There is an abundance of food options. Fortunately, wr have to walk a lot, so there’s balance. We walked nearly 10 miles yesterday according to my tracker.

The natural history museum was impressive. Yun loves this stuff. Im generally bored within minutes. Even so, it was all very impressive.

We went to the castle in town after the museum. We had walked about 7 miles at that point, so I found it all exhausting.

We got up this mornimg at 3.30am to take a journey to some pyrmids. We booked an air balloon flight which required the early departure.

Good Night Texas opened – it was a good show. Brant, Stacy, Matt, Dana, and Charles.

The pop up camper has been making some pretty good progress. This last weekend I had Gab and Orlando up for some work.

For the most part, the inside is done, all of the appliances are now working except for the fridge. I think I’m gonna replace that with an ice cooler as the fridge is fueled by propane.

This last weekend we resealed the roof with a number of coats. All of the decals have been removed from the outside and then I had it primed and painted.

I still need to replace the external fixtures and lights. I have them all… we just ran out of time.

We had such a big moon last night. And somehow I was able to capture a pretty decent shot with my phone.

Last weekend we spent up north of Phoenix for Chad and Bailey’s wedding. We went up on friday and returned on Sunday. We had such a fun time.

Chad is an old friend and now my boss. He actually attended our wedding nearly twenty years ago.

It was a beautiful outdoor wedding with a cowboy theme. I borrowed some boots from a friend in Mexico.

They had donkeys helping to serve drinks. Yun wants to get a donkey now. They seem like a lot of fun.

We went to a farm for a dinner tonight for a 6-course dinner. The food was a bit exotic, but a fun experience.

Who rented a nice little place right on the water. We got in late last night. My sister surprised us in Nanaimo. It was a long journey to get here. When we arrived last night we wanted to tour the property in the dark.

We are currently traveling through a Vancouver on our way to see my sister today. From the airport, we took the sky train to the city center/water front and spent some time wandering around the old homeland. We found the Pan Pacific Hotel could watch our bags for $20. That made things nicer.

At 6.30 we departed on a Hullo ferry and are now on our way to Nanaimo. We will catch a BC ferry there and then head tp Gabriola.

I had Abe and Orlando up this weekend. Abe to work on the Tacoma and Orlando to continue with the trailer.

The rear suspension on the truck needed some work/adjustment. I had purchased new u-bolts weeks back, along with bump stop and new shocks. The shocks were pricey due to needing to match the lift kit (Rough Country). Also, due to the impact, so reallignment was also needed.

The problem is always the availability of parts when you need them. There were a host of things needed, but nowhere to get them. That left fabricating them as the only option.

I needed some metal shims to go between each leaf. That meant buying a sheet and cutting/drilling.

In the end, they worked and we got everything needed done.

The truck is now safely up and running. I need to find time now to get it down to Mexico to do the bodywork.

We took it on a high speed test drive and all felt in order.