Last post

Well this i going to be the last post for a while. We spent the night at a really fantastic hotel. Hotel rancho de morillo. They only have 14 rooms, and we were the only guests. The owner took us on a guided tour of of the ranch. Will include photos next time.

We had an eventful trip from Saltillo to Sabrinas. On entry to Manclova, we passed to police pickups. Not fast at all. We got a little further into Manclova, and Mark got caught at a red light. Matt and I pulled over to wait for Mark, when one of the cop vans pulled up next to me and asked to see my licence. Mark was askd where he was coming from and where he was going to…not a big deal. About a mile further on, when all three of us were pulled over and ‘fined’ 600 pesos for exceeding the speed limit….

Once that was out of the way, we stopped for some thing cold to drink (cokes), and hit the road again. We were headed for eagle pass, when Mark decided that it might be a good idea to stay in Sabinas for the evening. Not a good idea. Mark ended up rear ending a local…..broken ankle so thats the end of the adventure.

With the bad obviously comes the good. The mexican police impounded Marks bike, and Matt and I were trying to stop them when a woman came along and said that someone who spoke english was on her way and that we needed to wait for a minute. LUCKILY we did. Jahn and Delia turned out to be the good samaritans. A godsend…..along with them came their niece who is of all things a lawyer…..

I called them a little while ago to ask where I could get Mark some crutches. John said call back in 30 minutes. Called back, and they had located a pair at their neighbours house, which they would bring down. Less than 30 minutes later there was a knock on the hotel door, and there they were with crutches. $10…

They have managed to locate the other person involved and are going to his house tto see if they can settle the issues out of court. Not sure what will happen tomorrow but when I get back to Seattle I will give the skinny.
Mark has to face the judge tomorrow…and we will see what happens.

Anyway the plan from here on out is that John and Delia will take Mark up to eagle pass. Matt will drive the bike, and take it over the border. Andre will met them there and hook the bike onto a uhaul trailer to San Antonio. Angelique is flying down and will meet Mark and Andre at Eagle Pass. Matt will come back with john and Delia, and then he and I will head for San Antonio, and hookup with Mark, Angelique and Andre….sounds complicated but its not really. Mark and Ang fly back to Seattle and Matt and I hit the road back to Seattle. Hopefully we will be back in Seattle this weekend coming.

Mark will be taking hi laptop with so thats why this will be the last post. I will update the blog, with photos, when we get back…..so check back again over this next weekend.

Thanks for reading and taking part in this adventure!!!!!!!

Its been fun, and a great experience. Mexico is a great country to visit with great people!