2000 Miles in One Week - part III

To the Beach…!

The salt air was easy to smell as I approached the north end of Tampico, passing through the neighboring town of Altamira, looking for, what looked to be, a the beach bypass called Carretera A Puerto Industrial. I didn’t realize it but this was a harbinger of things to come as the name implied, I was in for a rude awakening - in more ways than one. Ignorantly, and thus optimistically, I roared my old Land Rover southwestwardly, looking for signs of the little city on the beach that I had imagined.

2000 Miles in One Week - Part II

Headed Due South with a Big Root Beer in my hand 

(...and yet another machine gun pointed at my tires, lol)

So, with a big 'S' indicated on the compass, a big Barq’s Root Beer (from Wendy’s Drive Thru, of course), a brand spankin’ new Mexico registration placard for the ‘Disco’ and an actual radio station that was broadcasting "en Ingles" still blasting on the radio, I was lighting up my tires as I headed out of Heroica Matomoros, through the military checkpoints and finding the highway to Victoria with relative ease, (i.e. I got lost only once...). 

Btw, my friends seem to love the scary stories of how dangerous Mexico is, so here's a nice, scary pic of a guy with a big gun to scare the crap out of you! lol

 

Even if it was a just a crappy Journey tune that I was sick of, even back in the 80's, it was being announced in a language that I was not to hear on the radio for the next few months. Life was pretty good, and I was soaking it all in like you take a big gulp of air before diving into the ocean.

2000 Miles in One Week - part I

A tour of the ages - well, for my summer... lol

Last week I was forced, due to the vehicle registration laws here in Mexico, to drive up to the border, turn in my expired vehicle sticker and apply for a new one. That was the plan, at least...