#Mexico #california #retireinmexico We talk about our resent trip to the U.S. and how shocked we were with the prices after having lived in Mexico for 5 years. Sticker shock returning to the U.S. Shocked at how much prices have gone up.
Great review of your trip. I was following along on Facebook as well and you seem to have had a wonderful time. I laughed out loud at the "Mushroom" segment. I think I will be like Marc and wanting to get back to Mexico. Laura will be a disciple of the Paulette school of thought and enjoy the "comforts" of home with language, etc. We shall see in the years to come!
Great video, was very interested in finding out your cost so thank you for sharing that with your viewers. Glad to hear all the differences from your travels and that you appreciate Mexico so much.
We make border runs to the US to do some shopping when we come to Monterrey for a few months. We have been amazed at the prices of everything. Even at fast food places.
Thanks for sharing. I live in California so I know about the high cost of gas, food, etc. I’m looking forward to moving to Mexico when I retire! Your trip seemed like lots of fun!!!
WOW! What a terrific road trip! Sounds like you had a great time with family and friends and now you are back home with your sweet Pets and friendly Mexican folks! I always just feel so much better after I have been in Mexico for a while... We go during the Winter to skip out on snow and Ice storms here in Oregon near the Cascade mountains.... Right now, it's pretty here, but I simply do not feel very well even with great weather... I think it's a combination of the food, and the molds that grow throughout the Spring... oh and there are so many allergens with huge Pollan counts from grasses and trees. Anyways Good to see you are back safe... I always love hearing about budgets for some reason... haha... Thanks for sharing that and everything else you share here!
Gas was $2.99 this morning here in Bandera. I’m glad you guys could stop by and spend the night and I do miss our morning coffee Marc, but like you, I do not miss California. I’m sorry we weren’t better prepared but life events kind of got in the way. We were definitely blessed by the time we did get to spend with the two of you.
Good seeing that you guys made it home safely. You went to my home state for the HS graduation and my current home state as your US entry and exit. I hope we get to get down to SLP this summer. I'm glad you liked my home state of TN.
It's good to know that you found polite and nice people throughout your travels. I can imagine sticker shock with just about everything you purchased, inflation that started due to Covid should have disappeared but instead it has gotten worse.
Hola Marc y Paulette! Nice..."ROAD TRIP!!" The gas is always higher priced in Barstow, it's at the junction of the 40 and 15. It 's in the desert in the middle of nowhere and the 15 is the main route from So. California to Las Vegas. BTW Marc, when you visited the Ark Encounter and I saw you posing with the likenesses of Noah and his son's, I was quite impressed by how spry Noah looked at 600 years old along with his son's Japheth and Shem at 100 and 98 respectively. I did have hard time trying to figure out which one was which. I figured with Ham being the youngest, and no one knowing how old he was at the time, that he would be the one with the darkest hair but none of them had really gone fully gray yet! Muches suerte desde la hermosa Ensenada!
Very nice trip! What did you guys specifically liked about Arkansas? We will be moving back to the US next year - we also feel more comfortable there... looking for a state/city to move to and still undecided.
I had the same sticker shock going back to Mexico last month. Basically all the restaurants are at gringo prices now. Grocery store prices are similar to the states. Peso was also below 17 while we were there so not great.
While it's true that prices have gone up here in SLP it's still better then in the U.S. The peso to dollar exchange rate is always something to watch. After the elections here it went up to 18.4 pesos to the dollar. -Marc
She's never afraid to tell me something that will disappoint me. lol. While it is nice to be in your homeland and speaking isn't such a struggle. There are many other things in Mexico that make up for it. -Marc
The cartels aren't coming for you, unless your dealing with them or actively looking for drugs you will never see them or run into them. They tend to keep things between themselves. It's kind of like in the US where you have to be aware of everyday criminals and the ratio of running into those types are much higher in the US. As long as you drive during the day and stay out of the known bad areas you'll be fine. Some of the main reasons for not driving at night is because there are no real road signs indicating sharp curves and road hazards like topes and low to no lighting. You can also hit domestic farm animals and other wildlife who like the warmth of the road. I never drive around cities in the US at night because they are way more dangerous with the random violence can happen anywhere, whereas in Mexico the areas to stay out of are well known and easy to avoid. Buenas suerte!
