Day 69, Cuidad Victoria to Nuevo Laredo

Woke up to rain and fog. Was not dense so off we went.


GPS wanted us to us a side road to go around Montery. Unfortunately we could not find our way through the town of Allende. GPS would send us down dirt roads, and dead end streets. Finally gave up and braved Monterry.




Border crossing at the west crossing at Columbia, Nuevo Laredo. Hurrah made it.
No signs at the crossing, like what to bring in or not. Had a really nice guard who looked for the customs people, could not find them. So he took what I declared and sent us on our way. We get to the highway after customs and very few signs. The toll road forward says they will not take cash just some kind of card, so we turn left to go around. Road turns from pavement to dirt at 20 miles! Ugg. We back track to the mail town of Laredo, Texas and stay at Motel 6. Our Adventure is over we hope now that we are in the states. Hopefully, Ermila will update the blogg with their route and adventures. Carol

Day 68, Emerald Coast to Cuidad Victoria

Drove up the coast, this is a picture along the river, at Tampico, Mx. Day went very smoothly, but we had one section of pot holey road. Stayed at Hotel Hacienda Escondida in Cuidad Victoria. Very expensive at 200 pesos, with showers that had seen better days. Grassy spot, with water and electricity. Carol

Day 67, Emerald Coast relaxing

Spent this day watching the sun rise, reading and relaxing. Would have swam in the pools but alittle cool at 70 degrees. Carol

Day 66,Lake Catemaco to Emerald Coast

Woke up to rain at Lake Catemaco, we headed out with clouds overhead. Did not get 18 miles and there was something blocking the two lane highway in a town. Waited for almost 45 minutes before traffic flowed again. Lots of topes along the road until we got to Vera Cruz and four lanes for a ways. Road good the rest of the way. Beautiful Sun Beach RV park has two swimming pools, too bad for some reason it is only 70 degrees out! We think that is cold after the 90's. If nice tomarrow may stay here another day, otherwise off to the next spot up the road. Carol

Day 65, Catemaco

Spent a restful day at the campground not far from the lake. Walked along the malecon, and saw lots of loncheras (pongas or boats). Lots of snowy igrets, some nesting in the trees along the malacon. Very clean nice area. Another camper is from Coos Bay, Oregon! They have been coming down here several years, and have been here for 2 months. Small world. On to the Emerald Coast tomarrow.

Missed our friends this morning, got used to seeing them every day! Carol

Day 64, Mexico from Comiton to Gulf of Mexico

This is Lago de Catemaco close to the Gulf of Mexico. Today was another long day. Started at 7:30 near the Guatemalan border and worked our way across Mexico to the Gulf side. Good road all the way. At 4 Pm Jerry and I went on to this lake to camp. Got there about 6pm. We will be following the coast road up to the US. Al and Ermila choose to take the interior route up the center to Puebla near Mexico City and go north to Monterrey, then to Nuevo Laredo.
Jerry and I will leave Catemaco, on Thrusday, after a day of rest. We will go around Vera Cruz and up the emerald coast to Tuxpan, up to Cuidad Victoria, Monterrey and out at the Coumbia crossing at Nuevo Laredo. May spend an extra day on the Emerald coast. Should cross either Saturday or Monday.
Almost forgot, after we turned off the freeway leaving Al and Ermilla, we sat on the exit ramp waiting for the toll booth gate to open for almost 30 minutes. It was broke!

I no longer have my writer, so she will have to catch up this blog later with their adventures! Carol

Day 63, Guatemala to Mexico

Long day again, reached close to 10,000 feet in elevation. Up and down across the mountains. Our brakes overheated and we ended up waiting over an hour for them to cool off. Took the route to the northern most crossing, as a travel guide said it was the one they used. Curves galore, but beautiful canyons. Not much up and down thank goodness.  Look what we found at the border town. Bad enough narrow streets but kids playing on them! We arrived about 3 in the afternoon for the border crossing. Latest we have done this, but took only 1.5 hours to get through both countries borders.
Traveled until around 5:30 or 6. Found a large town with a Walmart and spent the night there. Carol