by Lupita Perez | Sep 19, 2026 | Latin America
You can cross the US and Mexico border by bicycle at Laredo. Southbound, you need a passport and an FMM tourist permit (983 MXN in 2026, about $54 USD, and free for stays of seven days or less by land), and you have to walk into the INM office yourself to get it...
by Lupita Perez | Sep 19, 2026 | Latin America
You can drive a van or camper from Texas to Monterrey and El Potrero Chico. It takes two permits and one insurance policy, and the crossing matters. You need an FMM tourist permit (983 MXN in 2026, about $54 USD) and a Temporary Import Permit (TIP) for the vehicle...
by Lupita Perez | Sep 7, 2026 | Pets, USA
Dogs are allowed on the beach and the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland only between October 1 and April 30. We drove out on April 18, twelve days before that gate closed for the summer, and got a foggy, three quarters empty town where the dog was allowed to go almost...
by Lupita Perez | Sep 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
The St Mary’s Lake Loop Trail is a 7.5 mile white-blazed loop around a 250-acre lake in southern Maryland that did not exist before 1975. The lake is a flood control reservoir, the trail is shared with bikes and horses, and on a weekday in March you can walk the...
by Lupita Perez | Sep 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
North Beach, Maryland is a former rail resort on the Chesapeake Bay that is better in the off season than in summer. The crowds left in the 1950s, the winter storms are what expose the fossil shark teeth in the beach gravel, and dogs can get on the sand once the...
