Besides the overarching political haughtiness here my absence is due in large part to Covid and our responses. We were in Morelia in March 2020 when we bugged out and fled for home. We broke down (new SUV) in Tennessee and were stuck waiting for parts for 4 days while the world was closing down. That whole event killed the wanderlust in both of us until now. We didn't travel much at all since then, and even now it's an effort to start back up again. In an hour or so we're returning to Mexico for the first time in over 3 years - but in an SUV this time instead of an RV or a motorcycle as we have in the past. Covid (and our reactions to it) did copious damage to modern society.
Another big turn off was the media's handling of the North Carolina medical tourist incident. It's the same old song... Mexico is just too dangerous - that the media tells us.
Diesel just to get to the border and back is now approaching $1,700.
These are all reasons why I'm so thankful we started RVing in Mexico in 1999 before all this happened.