WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Creel, Mexico The Chepe Express leaves from Los Mochis on an 8 o’clock schedule through Copper Canyon in the Sierra Madere mountains in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. It’s a comfortable train that sets off with many empty seats but arrives in Creel 10 hours later having filled up along the way. …
From: December 27, 2022` Culiacan In our epic family journey with stops and starts to Canon de Cobre, the amazing Copper Canyon, after our plane was cancelled, thanks to a shift in strategy by mi hija, we were going via Culiacan in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. We were all up by 5AM wanting …
From: December 26, 2022 Baja California Sur What’s the line? God laughs at the plans of men, right? Just days ago, I was basking in our luck as weather had whipped around the world, and we had made it to good skies, cool breezes, and whales galore on our watch. I had tempted …