Happy Canada Day!! Happy Independence Day!! Celebrate and Cherish Our Freedom and Liberties Life happens when we are too busy to notice. This full moon marks exactly one year since I started my journey to Baja and what an adventure! A year ago, I packed some meager possessions into the oldest used car that I have ever owned and headed off into the sunset to Mexico. I was a single middle aged woman, not speaking Spanish, not a legal resident of any country, no fixed address, and no job prospects. It would have made a whole lot more sense if I was following a man, hooked on drugs, or certifiably insane … but it is much nicer to say I was following my dream. What a load of horse rubbish! I was burnt out and just needed a break. Hindsight is always 20/20 and I am still sitting on the fence whether I am truly a lunatic or my timing is brilliant. All I know is that in the last year I have laughed harder, cried deeper, and stop regularly to enjoy the simple pleasures that surrounds...