Today'2 trip - Mission, Texas to C.D. (city of) Victoria. Out of the park at 8 a..m. and we 'staged' (lined up) in the turning lane until the cars were hooked up and we were off together. We crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico and saw all the small tin houses on the riverbank. We're in flat country with decent roads, even have a 6' side emergency lane. Need it because people roar past in the middle.
We're passing corn, sorhgum and field crops. Houses have rebar sticking out the top because they didn't have to pay taxes until it was finished but that changed a few years back. The fenceposts are just tree branches with barb wire strung along them. Farther on they have changed to concrete. Little wood is used because of termites as we get more into the tropics. People stand by the roadside selling shrimp, oranges, yucca flowers and are drying meat.
Speeds are from 35 - 55 miles per hour. Some roads are incredible rough.
Arrived in CD Victoria at 3 p.m. where my 'Mexican' driver asks, "Cerveza. por favor!"
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