Retirement and On The Road In Mexico

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Here we are on the 21st of December and found this jewel as we were leaving the quinta.

We headed out this morning a bit later than our usual.  Now that It appears that there is no more schedule, we left the house around 8:30.   We stopped in our town to get the paper and I realized that the front passenger side headlight was out.  Go figure, from last night to this morning.  We stopped at Autozone in Santiago and they didn’t have the lamp.  We decided, what the heck, who needs the headlights during the day when the running lights are working and the low or day lights.  We got to Allende, about 20 miles south and stopped at that Autozone.  The manager knows me and he helped us out.  He had the lamp and we also had a bad wire.  It had rubbed another and shorted out the lamp.  All was well after that.

I had originally planned to take the route to Ciudad Victoria and meet up with the Policia de Federal caravan which takes people south.   But, as we approached Linares, we decided to head across the mountains.  I shied away from that because of our breakdown in March.   The SUV performed beautifully without a hitch (no pun intended, the trailer was behind us all the way).  When we arrived to the top, Galeana, we stopped in to see our gordita friend at the intersection of the highway and the entrance to town.  I had two tacos de higado, liver.  Shouldn't have, but man were they delicious.

We did hit very heavy traffic stopping at the Parador San Pedro.  The paisanos, or Mexican-Americans who travel home for the holidays had hit the road.  At San Pedro we hit a construction zone and the back up was over 45 minutes.   I’v never seen people bring so much used junk into the country.  For crying out loud, they make money in the U.S., can’t they bring new stuff or even better, help out the Mexican economy by buying gifts in Mexico?

Full moon behind us.  Looks like we're set up for the night and ready for bed.  

Arrived to Matehuala at 4 p.m.   The Oasis Hotel, where we usually stay, is being remodeled.  Very nicely painted, new lighting, and wifi.   The casino in front has received permission to reopen.  Good for them.  150 pesos a night.  You can’t beat that.

We’re in happy hour mode right now.  It will be 5C tonight.  Good thing we have an electric blanket. Not sure why more rvers don't use them as they work wonderfully on battery.  Tomorrow it is off to San Miguel de Allende where we meet up with Paula and Jerry and on Sunday head to Valle de Juarez.   Maybe we can meet with Barbara!!!!

More later.  As Croft always says, “life is good” and I am happy to say that we are not sure when we will go back home!!!