geography

Here is a map of mexico that shows where Chihuahua city is located, 3rd marked city from the top. Chihuahua city is the capital of the state of Chihuahua. You can also make out the border city of Cuidad Juarez.

Now here is a close-up of the area that we will be. It is southwest of Cuidad Juarez, northwest of the city of Chihuahua. Look for Nuevo Casas Grandes. You will see a small place above it called Dublan (or Colonia Dublan) and also one to the southwest called Juarez (or Colonia Juarez). Juarez is where we want to be. But we'd settle for Dublan or Nuevo.

Colonia Juarez is a bilingual town (spanish/english).
From wikipedia: "It is located in the valley of the Piedras Verdes river on the edge of the flatlands running up to the front range of the Sierra Madre mountains."
There are apple and peach orchards there. It has about the same climate as Phoenix, Arizona or El Paso, Texas. In January, the coldest month, the average low temperature is 0 degrees celsius and the average high is 14.
There is a little pottery village nearby called Mata Ortiz. There are also some ruins in the area. We will probably go exploring in the Copper Canyon, which is in the southern part of the state.
Here are some pictures of the Copper Canyon: