Give a toast – they’ve made it to the Coast!

All the Federales say they could have had us any day.

They only let us slip away, out of kindness I suppose.

Words from Poncho and Lefty sang by Willie Nelson rattle around in my head constantly. No Federale problem on this trip. Smiling women and men at the border basically waved us through after helping us with the map. They didn’t ask for passports or anything to get into Mexico. May be harder coming back across.

On to Veracruz today and decide whether to swing up to Campeche or down to Chiapas for the next couple of days.

We found a hotel last night with internet access (it’s also the bus station, so very noisy) but no cell service. Connections are slow, weak.

Give a toast!! We made it to the Gulf Coast. We’ve traveled about 1300 miles out of Albuquerque already. Good miles. Every one of them.