Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Trip to Veracruz

We are going to leave the motorhome safe and sound here at the RV Park in San Miguel de Allende and drive the Honda over to Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico. It is about 700 KMs away and should take a little over a day to get there. We have a route picked out that avoids the traffic nightmare of Mexico City.

We extended our stay here to March 11 and at that point we will head North (how I hate that word). We are starting to make plans for next Winter that include a fast trip down through Northern Mexico and then spending time in the Southern part of Mexico with maybe a peek down to Belize and/or Guatemala.

The damage to the roof of the motorhome has been resolved. The Mexican Insurance we took out will cover the repairs with a $500 USA deductible but they want to do the repairs up near the USA/Mexico border but still in Mexico. They claim workers cannot be found down this far who understand rubber roofs and RV construction. It is their money so I have no problem with them making the decisions. For now it has a few layers of Duct Tape to keep it together and sort of waterproof although there has been no rain in three months and none expected! We intend to travel up the Interior of Mexico and enter the USA at or near El Paso, Texas probably near April 1.

1 comment:

  1. Because of the roads, the 700 miles may take more than a little over a day. When we go to Patzcuaro we think 150 miles, 3 hours tops. Wrong....we feel good if we pull in within four hours.

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