Loved this article Karla ! Such a very good question. Thank you for the extra links to explain things like pulque and xscapers, good thinking, I learned a lot :)) Now I must go and decide what my own definition of Adventure actually is, and armed with that, I can make a better decision as to whether I should get my camper as soon as I land in Europe, or travel light for a while first before finding my dream home on wheels :))
Great writing, Karla. You really bring us along with you in your articles. I really enjoyed this one specifically as I'm preparing to move to a more mobile lifestyle myself. I have to admit my trailer is a little bigger than your Casita. All the best to you and Noah!
I say life abroad…I don’t know how you did 3 years in that tiny camper but now you’ve had that amazing experience and at no better time than the past 2 years when travel has been so restricted!
I was so hoping you would get around to this topic, and maybe like you (?), I'm finding it HARD TO CHOSE JUST ONE! After almost six months, I'm on my out of Mexico in a few weeks. I'll start the search for a bigger "rolling house" to live in. One big bugaboo for me here has been the noise. Mexico tends to be a noisy place, but the place I landed this winter is particularly bad. My bad for always choosing the cheapest place I can find to stay down here, but my finances are an issue. I may try to find some seasonal work to make that a little easier.
A comment/question about community: You live in your trailer, and you are visiting SMA. How different would it be if you settled and lived in Mexico for years, then visited places on vacation in your trailer? My thoughts on that are that I haven't felt like this particular place could be "home", but I still wonder if some other place in Mexico could. Since one of my highest values is peace and honest-to-goodness quiet, I tend to think nomad life will be it for me, with seasonal visits to Mexico. But... the very real flip side of that is I know I will miss the more social aspects of finding a place to settle into and live. That's more of an issue because I'm out there solo and I'm basically an introvert. I've had a good long taste of most of the good things you mentioned about being here. We'll see how it feels going back to traveling, but I know I'm first going to head for the most silent place I can find for a while. I want to hear nature and nothing else for a while. ;-)
So, I'll go back to nomad life with at least a small level of focus on - just maybe - finding a place that I might settle into and be part of a community where there are people and activities that I can enjoy. New Mexico is next on my list. Never been there, and I have friends there. It'll be great no matter what, and I'm looking forward to the next chapter!
Loved this article Karla ! Such a very good question. Thank you for the extra links to explain things like pulque and xscapers, good thinking, I learned a lot :)) Now I must go and decide what my own definition of Adventure actually is, and armed with that, I can make a better decision as to whether I should get my camper as soon as I land in Europe, or travel light for a while first before finding my dream home on wheels :))
Great writing, Karla. You really bring us along with you in your articles. I really enjoyed this one specifically as I'm preparing to move to a more mobile lifestyle myself. I have to admit my trailer is a little bigger than your Casita. All the best to you and Noah!
I say life abroad…I don’t know how you did 3 years in that tiny camper but now you’ve had that amazing experience and at no better time than the past 2 years when travel has been so restricted!
I really enjoyed this article. Perfect. For me, I spend less in Mexico especially groceries plus the produce is generally better
I was so hoping you would get around to this topic, and maybe like you (?), I'm finding it HARD TO CHOSE JUST ONE! After almost six months, I'm on my out of Mexico in a few weeks. I'll start the search for a bigger "rolling house" to live in. One big bugaboo for me here has been the noise. Mexico tends to be a noisy place, but the place I landed this winter is particularly bad. My bad for always choosing the cheapest place I can find to stay down here, but my finances are an issue. I may try to find some seasonal work to make that a little easier.
A comment/question about community: You live in your trailer, and you are visiting SMA. How different would it be if you settled and lived in Mexico for years, then visited places on vacation in your trailer? My thoughts on that are that I haven't felt like this particular place could be "home", but I still wonder if some other place in Mexico could. Since one of my highest values is peace and honest-to-goodness quiet, I tend to think nomad life will be it for me, with seasonal visits to Mexico. But... the very real flip side of that is I know I will miss the more social aspects of finding a place to settle into and live. That's more of an issue because I'm out there solo and I'm basically an introvert. I've had a good long taste of most of the good things you mentioned about being here. We'll see how it feels going back to traveling, but I know I'm first going to head for the most silent place I can find for a while. I want to hear nature and nothing else for a while. ;-)
So, I'll go back to nomad life with at least a small level of focus on - just maybe - finding a place that I might settle into and be part of a community where there are people and activities that I can enjoy. New Mexico is next on my list. Never been there, and I have friends there. It'll be great no matter what, and I'm looking forward to the next chapter!
Nos vemos!!