We were up and moving toward the Mexican border by about 6:45am. We were only about 5 miles from the border so the drive didn't take long. We pulled into the parking lot and shut everything down. This can be a time consuming process. We have to get our FMM which allows us to be in Mexico for 180 days. That part is fairly quick and painless. The next part is to obtain a TIP (temporary import permit) which is the permits to allow the Motorhome and Jeep to be in Mexico with us. This process is a little slower. But all in all we were done our process within and hour. One of the couples in the caravan had a truck which showed a GVWR which the Mexicans deem a commercial vehicle. They all know it is not being used commercially, but they also see an opportunity to make a few bucks. So by the time they let them get their TIP and we got on the road, 2.5 hours had passed and about $250.00 USD had exchanged hands. It is amazing that this sort of thing is allowed at a place like a border, but it is. Oh well we were on our way. We have 8 people in our caravan for this trip.
We have never crossed the border here at Mission/Reynosa before but it seems like a good place to cross. Once we got to Monterey we were on familiar roads again that we have travelled a few times before. We were second last in line for this trip.
The scenery went from flat grass and cactus covered landscape to cactus and mountainous landscape over our travels today.
We stopped at a lot of toll booths and a couple times for fuel. Sometimes they have some neat things at the gas stations.
Here is the route we took today.
We spent the night in a gated truck stop which was great for sleeping. We will continue down the road again tomorrow. Good Nite!!!
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