Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Ole Mexico - Day 1

After a stormy, rainy, windy night, we are up bright and early and lined up to go by 7:40.




Heading south through the border. We didn’t even have to stop. And it continues to rain.


Roads are flooded. But we are underway.


Once we left Tijuana, it is one long highway to Cabo, so very little chance of getting lost. It is kind of an odd feeling, driving along in a group of 8 motorhomes. There is a leader (wagonmaster) and someone at the back (tailgunner) and all of us paying people are in the middle. And down the road we go - through small towns, passed seaside resorts, and farms.


Everything is very wet. We found out that they had about 3 inches of rain fall last night and today, and last year their total rainfall was almost 1 inch. Some of the highway is underwater, but not too deep. It reminded us of McConnel Creek. Then, as came close to our stop for the night, an entire village was standing around a bridge. The water was raging underneath, and was undercutting the highway on one side. We may be here a very long time, but no, we made it through.


It was a long, muddy road down to our campground which was very basic, but clean. They had a restaurant and we enjoyed a buffet dinner. By night, the sky had cleared with lots of stars. Hopefully we are finished with the rain.