Day 10 We Are on Deck For Mexico

WHERE ARE WE? Laredo Texas

We took our time doing some things we need to get done before going into Mexico.  We have to buy special Mexican vehicle insurance because Manitoba Public Insurance doesn't cover us in Mexico.  MPI does reimburse us for all the time we are in Mexico, so the cost is sort of a wash.  We get our insurance through a broker.  Bill Bell is a Canadian sells insurance and the nice thing is that he actually lives in La Penita in the winter.  If you have an accident, you call him and he looks after you personally.  Kinda gives you a warm fuzzy feeling.  After we got that done, we went shopping in Walmart for some things we will need for our stay in Mexico.  Like Miracle Whip, Bush's Beans and of course some small bottles of Coke for the check stop cops along the way.  One thing I noticed were these faucet caps.  They were made of Styrofoam and were to cover your outside taps so they wouldn't freeze.  Doubt that would work back home right?

As we headed south, we started to get into that rough tough scrubby looking countryside that we will be travelling in for the next few days.  Sort of bordering on a desert except there is more greenery.

Our route today was a short one but we had to run into Laredo to fuel up.  Red shows where we have to go in the morning to get to the border.

I like to have enough fuel to get through the first day without having to fuel up.  Gas was $3.78 a gallon there.  

Then we backtracked about 10 miles to a Rest stop north of Laredo.  It is about 50 kms from Columbia Bridge where we will cross.

Archie and I went for a walk and he sort of ignored the signs around the Welcome center.  I guess he figures the snakes are not out and about when it is cooler.  I still keep my eyes open just in case.

Some pretty flowers on some of the trees around here.

We got all parked up in the truck parking area for the night.  We will be up and atter about 7 am tomorrow to be at the border when it opens at 8.

Sunset was nice again tonight.  A few more nights and we will see them over the ocean again.  

We watched a little Survivor and it was off to bed.  Good Nite!!!