My Uncle took a job at John Deere in Waterloo Iowa, lasted one winter. He came back to reasonable weather and took an aerospace job in the Los Angeles area. "Un Montón de Trabajo" a good name for John's ranch. Enjoyed this video, seeing how people live in different in situations is very interesting, thanks Jerry.
Love your videos! All of them!! This video really held my attention, it was so interesting, seeing the local scenery, store fronts, the landscapes just made it so fun to watch! Your friends home just added to this excellent video! One of your best! Best of luck! Rick, San Gabriel, So. cal 🇺🇸
Wonderful to see the back roads, but hard on the cars. Did you had to get some new shocks for your vehicle? I really like the small villages and thank you for taking me along.
I love this area! Thank you for sharing. I’m hoping to retire there someday too. The videos I’ve watched of Ajijic & Lake Chapala seem to be too crowded for me. My dad retired from John Deere in Dubuque, IA. He had a machine shed full of pristine antique tractors. A couple of Gs, an A and an MT I believe. He was so proud of them, would take them out to local small town parades.. those were such magical days ❤🎉
When we moved to Ajijic 20 years ago it was a quiet calm place. Today, it so much. I agree, too many. Took me 40 minutes to drive 2 miles the other day. Might as well have been in LA, except the weather, the food, and the people are nicer. :)
❤ Love the tour. Nice area. My wife and I have been there once but getting through downtown on a weekend is a slow process. I’m glad to hear they’re doing something about the street parking. What are you doing? How long was the drive back to your home.
23:56 The deep well is 154 feet deep, not 285 feet. Assuming 47 Meters is the correct depth. Very interesting topic though, drilled vs. dug well. You can already see the limitations of the dug well - it goes dry after a few minutes of use.
That was a fun ride-along. John is a very interesting guy! I was so surprised to see the items he brought down from Washinton state. those tractors were nice! I get it that he has some attachment to the things that were in his family for so long... sometimes it's hard to let go. I hope he has some family he can pass those on to that will really appreciate them. The town he lives in seem a lot more like the Mexican towns I have lived in.. the houses are close together and small business is the way, with not many big box stores or even OXXO? I didn't notice those either. Thanks for sharing this video that I think shows a little different side of things.
PASSING ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW😢! Tell me it's NOT SO!!😂❤. Your region is beautiful & the people are very nice.😊. Please tell your wife "hello" from Eugene, Or! Have a blessed and beautiful day. LUCRETIA 🎉
Passing on curves, up hill, and on double yellow lines is normal around here. There's always room for three cars on a two lane highway and nobody gets excited about it. Moving over to avoid a head on collision and death seems very practical.
The granite tops could be factory made. Saw a documentary about China manufacturing and a big factory had hydraulic presses where the metal pressing down was major tonnage and adding the giant hydraulic pressure it leaves a granite slab. Hard to tell the difference because it's the same way granite in the earth is formed.
Great video Jerry…have been following you and Lynn for a couple years and found this one of your best. Been very interested in the south shore for a while now on account of I’m not made of money and it has more of the real Mexico! … not that the north shore doesn’t have its special attractions. Any more videos describing the south shore would be greatly appreciated and they should include Lynn of course! Best of wishes from Mid-Canada…Steve
I remember moving from California to Nebraska in the late 70s early 80s I was probably 8 years old Our family was able to have a nice acreage, and we needed a tractor to plow Snow a quarter mile to the county highway... Can't remember it was John Deere. A war b, but it will run on gas or kerosene..... Anyway, I remember my 2 older brothers, probably 12 and 15 and the cold winter mornings. Both grab and onto that fly will start it.... Cold, I'm talking 0 to 10°.. We would probably take 30-45 minutes for them to get started..... Seemed like a long time when I was 8...... That wasn't that long ago, maybe 50 years.
Great memories, eh? I was a teenager starting that JohnDeer B 65 years ago. When you moved from California to Nebraska, I moved from Nebraska to California. Thanks for sharing that. :)
26:26 John might have a million-dollar view there once he cuts back some of those trees. He might want to consider just removing them all together with the speed at which things grow in that area. Very nice property.
I agree, but you don't own your trees in Mexico. The federal government retains ownership of trees even on private property. You need a permit to legally even trim them.
Until recently, and by looking at a map, I knew that Lake Chapala is in two states, part of the lake surroundings is in Michoacan, but not the lake, just part of the surrounding road and towns. One state is Jalisco and the other shore is in Michoacán. I think it's strange that the town in in Michoacán, but they go to the lake and that's a different state.
@@JCTravelStories and they also separate countries. And there is a national park that separates both countries. Check videos for "Santa Elena Canyon at the US Mexican border within Big Bend National Park"
Passing on double yellow is just one of the horrors of driving in Mexico. The motorcycle delivery guys are wild! However, once you get the hang of it, driving by your own rules makes it easier! The government is also a horror! Mordidas everywhere! Corruption top to bottom! Cost me a 20 dollar "tip" to process a simple car sale transaction, last week. Had to get a permit to build my house. No problem, same everywhere. I posted my permit and waited for inspectors. None ever came. Now I have problems with my house. I live in a fairly ritzy area because I bought one of the first plots in the development. 11 years later, I couldn't afford it. One of my newer and ritzier Mexican neighbors built a beautiful, large house on an end of block property, apparently not yet able to connect to the city sewer/drainage system. So, they put in a septic tank system. I was apparently the only one to notice that it was across the street from the owners property. I questioned who owned the property containing the elaborate system. One of the developers of the development was consulted. No problem he said. Now the owners of the property across the street tpore up the septic system and the black water is flowing into the canyon next to the development! Been about a year and the city doesn't seem to care! The wide bricked streets and the adjoining empty peoperties were empty and pristine with bushes and trees. Aboth 5 years ago the place went from my house and another to massive development. Now there is construction and plastic debris everywhere! Our neighborhood and the canyon have become a dumping ground. Megacable which supplies TV, phone and intenet service, had at first been reluctant to string cable to my house because I was allegedly too far away from the nearest official Electrical pole. However, after careful measurement and photos taken, and a meeting, they supplied the cable. Now, with the development, they have used the tree in front of my house, the neighborhood light posts and placed cable over unoccupied private property with impunity! I have at least 10 cables running in frontof my house through the tree. Burglaries are fairly common in my neighborhood. My isolated house was broken into 5 times before I finally got around to putting bars on all my windows and have 2 large dogs as companions. Both taken off the street. One being an adult, pure Doberman, a wonderful dog! I still love the climate and the people that I know here and will stay. At, 7,000 feet in the mountaisns, the climate is perfect for me! Can't stand the relenting heat of the beach towns!
We have a lot of the same opinions and experiences. I also sense we have some of the same tolerances that make living in Mexico more good than bad. It’s not a perfect world anywhere. :)
@@JCTravelStories ! Agree, but many of the people here do not live in Mexico but may be thinking of moving here. I always tend to hear the rosy side from vlogs like yours. There is a whole lot of negative to. They ought to know.
There are plenty of sources for negativity. You'll have no trouble finding them I'm not hiding it, just ignoring it …. Not only in my videos, but in my life and attitudes. It’s a more comfortable way to live.
Jerry and Lori are wonderful people who do a service to the people who are interested in moving here. Unfortunately, negative videos get more views just like bad news gets higher tv ratings and sells more newspapers. :)
I'm planning a video about it and my opinion will be that it’s not as bad as some say. Of course, it’s concerning, but when we moved here in 2001 it was much worse and we all survived just fine.
Your Spanish seemed pretty good Jerry! Thanks for the tour, some of those areas seemed a little dicey to this old gal, but you know how to manage it. Your friend's place looks like it has lots of potential. A question? Are morning tacos the same as lunch and dinner tacos? Or do they have breakfast ingredients? 🤗
Jerry, What a nice property John has. Lots of work there but what a lovely property. It's sooo green everywhere! Great video.
Thanks 👍
Wow !!!
Someone put ALOT of good solid work into that place before John bought it.
Needs some reviving, but great head start.
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My thoughts exactly! :)
Things are looking green I think I'll head back down soon to see it all. Great video.
Come on down!
What a lovely property
Yes, so much potential. :)
I loved this video Jerry! It was so fun seeing this town and John's little slice of paradise.❤
Thank you for the south side tour. I remember seeing that house when it was for sale a year or so ago. Lovely piece of land.
It sure is. John did well. :)
I really enjoyed this video, I liked the towns, the property and the nice chat with your friend John.. greetings from California..
Glad you enjoyed it
Not surprised to see so many trucks given the road conditiins!
You seem to be saying the roads are not good …. They're much better than many in the USA … driven 99 in Ca or I-10 in Az lately?
Thank you Jerry. I truly enjoyed seeing the south side of the lake. I have heard that it is not safe on the south side. It looked nice to me.
I heard it wasn't safe in the USA.
My Uncle took a job at John Deere in Waterloo Iowa, lasted one winter. He came back to reasonable weather and took an aerospace job in the Los Angeles area. "Un Montón de Trabajo" a good name for John's ranch. Enjoyed this video, seeing how people live in different in situations is very interesting, thanks Jerry.
Tractors to aerospace …. Bit of a tech jump there. Yes, John has a lot of work to do.
@@JCTravelStories Like most supervisors, he didn't really know what the workers did, he just knew he was the boss. 😂😂🤣🤣
Love your videos! All of them!! This video really held my attention, it was so interesting, seeing the local scenery, store fronts, the landscapes just made it so fun to watch! Your friends home just added to this excellent video! One of your best! Best of luck! Rick, San Gabriel, So. cal 🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it, Rick. :)
Nice ride. I enjoyed the trip very much.
Thanks 👍
And also, the rainy season makes landscapes look so nice.
So true. :)
One of our favorite things is to drive around Mexico and discover new places to enjoy… great video!
I totally agree!
17:41 Vampiros!!!! ❤❤❤❤
I haven't had one in YEARS. So good. I think it's must try if you go to Mexico
😂😂😂😂😂😂 los Charales buenos para hacer niños.... Pero yo soy viejo.. that was a good conversation..
y cierto también. :)
@@JCTravelStories He did get a good laugh out you😂😂😂😂👍👍
Beautiful Home he will enjoy it Love Your Video
Thanks Carmen! :)
I may have to drive there.
Wonderful to see the back roads, but hard on the cars. Did you had to get some new
shocks for your vehicle? I really like the small villages and thank you for taking me along.
I probably need new shocks on my 30 year old van. :)
This was a very cool tour for those of us who have only been to the North side of the lake.
Yes, different world over there. :)
I love this area! Thank you for sharing. I’m hoping to retire there someday too. The videos I’ve watched of Ajijic & Lake Chapala seem to be too crowded for me. My dad retired from John Deere in Dubuque, IA. He had a machine shed full of pristine antique tractors. A couple of Gs, an A and an MT I believe. He was so proud of them, would take them out to local small town parades.. those were such magical days ❤🎉
When we moved to Ajijic 20 years ago it was a quiet calm place. Today, it so much. I agree, too many. Took me 40 minutes to drive 2 miles the other day. Might as well have been in LA, except the weather, the food, and the people are nicer. :)
@@JCTravelStories good to know! I would really enjoy seeing the other smaller towns along the lake.
Gorgeous home. The yard has HIGH potential! Great drive! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
What an awesome adventure! I loved seeing the area and having lunch. John has a beautiful place and I hope he absolutely loves it !
I believe he does love his new place and he's the kind of guy who will love the work in fixing it up.
@@JCTravelStories paradise for sure
Jerry, thanks for the guided tour. I enjoyed it. Cheers, Mate.
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Nice time riding around with you and John. Interesting!
Glad you enjoyed it. :)
Interesting!!! And OMG that food looked delicious!
It was delicious and I told the owner I would never pass up his restaurant ever again. Paola can cook!
❤ Love the tour. Nice area. My wife and I have been there once but getting through downtown on a weekend is a slow process. I’m glad to hear they’re doing something about the street parking. What are you doing? How long was the drive back to your home.
Back home in about 30 minutes. :)
23:56 The deep well is 154 feet deep, not 285 feet. Assuming 47 Meters is the correct depth. Very interesting topic though, drilled vs. dug well. You can already see the limitations of the dug well - it goes dry after a few minutes of use.
But I have city water. He does not.
Great video, Jerry. I like this side of the like.
I do too. :)
Nice drive Jerry, thanks. 😊 😊
Glad you enjoyed it. :)
I did enjoy the tour. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! :)
That was a fun ride-along. John is a very interesting guy! I was so surprised to see the items he brought down from Washinton state. those tractors were nice! I get it that he has some attachment to the things that were in his family for so long... sometimes it's hard to let go. I hope he has some family he can pass those on to that will really appreciate them. The town he lives in seem a lot more like the Mexican towns I have lived in.. the houses are close together and small business is the way, with not many big box stores or even OXXO? I didn't notice those either. Thanks for sharing this video that I think shows a little different side of things.
Yes, there is so much more to Mexico than Ajijic and the coastal tourist destinations.
@@JCTravelStories I could not agree more! :)
PASSING ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW😢! Tell me it's NOT SO!!😂❤. Your region is beautiful & the people are very nice.😊. Please tell your wife "hello" from Eugene, Or! Have a blessed and beautiful day. LUCRETIA 🎉
Passing on curves, up hill, and on double yellow lines is normal around here. There's always room for three cars on a two lane highway and nobody gets excited about it. Moving over to avoid a head on collision and death seems very practical.
Thanks so much for sharing so much of your life & community. LUCRETIA
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Nice video. Thanks for sharing…..
Thanks for watching!
You should make a video about a Mexican moving to Ajijic or Lake Chapala area 😁
Interesting idea. Do you know any Mexicans who are?
The granite tops could be factory made. Saw a documentary about China manufacturing and a big factory had hydraulic presses where the metal pressing down was major tonnage and adding the giant hydraulic pressure it leaves a granite slab. Hard to tell the difference because it's the same way granite in the earth is formed.
Either way …. It’s granite. :)
Very nice.
Thank you!
Great video Jerry…have been following you and Lynn for a couple years and found this one of your best. Been very interested in the south shore for a while now on account of I’m not made of money and it has more of the real Mexico! … not that the north shore doesn’t have its special attractions. Any more videos describing the south shore would be greatly appreciated and they should include Lynn of course! Best of wishes from Mid-Canada…Steve
Thanks Steve. Yes, I think the south shore has great appeal if you want to live in Mexico and not just Gringolandia.
I love John's property. I would take a property like that but I would need room for 5 horses.
I remember moving from California to Nebraska in the late 70s early 80s I was probably 8 years old Our family was able to have a nice acreage, and we needed a tractor to plow Snow a quarter mile to the county highway... Can't remember it was John Deere. A war b, but it will run on gas or kerosene..... Anyway, I remember my 2 older brothers, probably 12 and 15 and the cold winter mornings. Both grab and onto that fly will start it.... Cold, I'm talking 0 to 10°.. We would probably take 30-45 minutes for them to get started..... Seemed like a long time when I was 8...... That wasn't that long ago, maybe 50 years.
Great memories, eh? I was a teenager starting that JohnDeer B 65 years ago. When you moved from California to Nebraska, I moved from Nebraska to California. Thanks for sharing that. :)
26:26 John might have a million-dollar view there once he cuts back some of those trees. He might want to consider just removing them all together with the speed at which things grow in that area. Very nice property.
I agree, but you don't own your trees in Mexico. The federal government retains ownership of trees even on private property. You need a permit to legally even trim them.
Good video
Glad you enjoyed it!
From Ajijic to Joco , how many topes can you counted. San Luis Soyatlan , famous for 🧛♀️. Vampires. Saludos Jerry and Lynn.
A few years ago I counted 23 topes. I think there are a few less now.
Nice video. I wonder how much did he pay for his property.
Any idea sbout that.
270 USD
Until recently, and by looking at a map, I knew that Lake Chapala is in two states, part of the lake surroundings is in Michoacan, but not the lake, just part of the surrounding road and towns. One state is Jalisco and the other shore is in Michoacán. I think it's strange that the town in in Michoacán, but they go to the lake and that's a different state.
In the USA rivers separate several States and the midpoint in the river is the boundary.
@@JCTravelStories and they also separate countries. And there is a national park that separates both countries. Check videos for "Santa Elena Canyon at the US Mexican border within Big Bend National Park"
Passing on double yellow is just one of the horrors of driving in Mexico. The motorcycle delivery guys are wild! However, once you get the hang of it, driving by your own rules makes it easier! The government is also a horror! Mordidas everywhere! Corruption top to bottom! Cost me a 20 dollar "tip" to process a simple car sale transaction, last week. Had to get a permit to build my house. No problem, same everywhere. I posted my permit and waited for inspectors. None ever came. Now I have problems with my house. I live in a fairly ritzy area because I bought one of the first plots in the development. 11 years later, I couldn't afford it. One of my newer and ritzier Mexican neighbors built a beautiful, large house on an end of block property, apparently not yet able to connect to the city sewer/drainage system. So, they put in a septic tank system. I was apparently the only one to notice that it was across the street from the owners property. I questioned who owned the property containing the elaborate system. One of the developers of the development was consulted. No problem he said. Now the owners of the property across the street tpore up the septic system and the black water is flowing into the canyon next to the development! Been about a year and the city doesn't seem to care! The wide bricked streets and the adjoining empty peoperties were empty and pristine with bushes and trees. Aboth 5 years ago the place went from my house and another to massive development. Now there is construction and plastic debris everywhere! Our neighborhood and the canyon have become a dumping ground. Megacable which supplies TV, phone and intenet service, had at first been reluctant to string cable to my house because I was allegedly too far away from the nearest official Electrical pole. However, after careful measurement and photos taken, and a meeting, they supplied the cable. Now, with the development, they have used the tree in front of my house, the neighborhood light posts and placed cable over unoccupied private property with impunity! I have at least 10 cables running in frontof my house through the tree. Burglaries are fairly common in my neighborhood. My isolated house was broken into 5 times before I finally got around to putting bars on all my windows and have 2 large dogs as companions. Both taken off the street. One being an adult, pure Doberman, a wonderful dog! I still love the climate and the people that I know here and will stay. At, 7,000 feet in the mountaisns, the climate is perfect for me! Can't stand the relenting heat of the beach towns!
We have a lot of the same opinions and experiences. I also sense we have some of the same tolerances that make living in Mexico more good than bad. It’s not a perfect world anywhere. :)
@@JCTravelStories ! Agree, but many of the people here do not live in Mexico but may be thinking of moving here. I always tend to hear the rosy side from vlogs like yours. There is a whole lot of negative to. They ought to know.
There are plenty of sources for negativity. You'll have no trouble finding them I'm not hiding it, just ignoring it …. Not only in my videos, but in my life and attitudes. It’s a more comfortable way to live.
@@JCTravelStories ! But not totally realistic. Sorry I triggered you, but you put it out there
Hi JC wanted to know what do you think of Jerry brow's videos. Complaint complaint why is he still here in Ajijic??
Jerry and Lori are wonderful people who do a service to the people who are interested in moving here. Unfortunately, negative videos get more views just like bad news gets higher tv ratings and sells more newspapers. :)
How bad is the water situation please
I'm planning a video about it and my opinion will be that it’s not as bad as some say. Of course, it’s concerning, but when we moved here in 2001 it was much worse and we all survived just fine.
I need a concrete donkey. I bet they don't have a concrete donkey. Been looking for one for years.
I'm wondering about the difference between wanting and needing. :)
Your Spanish seemed pretty good Jerry! Thanks for the tour, some of those areas seemed a little dicey to this old gal, but you know how to manage it. Your friend's place looks like it has lots of potential. A question? Are morning tacos the same as lunch and dinner tacos? Or do they have breakfast ingredients? 🤗
Morning tacos are not different. Breakfast burritos are different with eggs, etc.
The traditional Mexican way is to serve your guest first. It's not meant to offend anyone.
As I said, I was not offended or even uncomfortable about it. We appreciated being included.