following God is always a great adventure.
always someone in the back of trucks...
it was so green and lush and beautiful!!
you could buy anything on the street.
and the colors of the buildings... just a feast for the eyes! i know...i already said that probably. but i enjoyed the color very much!
more traveling in mexico tomorrow...
while we were at the hotel posada...waiting for the guys to fix the water pump, we wandered around near the hotel.
we found this little hole-in-the-wall where the food was so good!
we watched her patting out the tortillas and frying them, then filling them... oh man!
so delicious!!
the water pump got replaced and off down the road we went again...
another refreshing night of rest...
a pool to refresh the travelers...
our room, behind the palm tree...
our conveyance... trailer and van. waiting for parts. another day of adventure... which i'll post later. God bless you!
arriving at our rooms for the night, we found ours already inhabited. he was not very happy with us for moving in on him. we closed him in the bathroom and he got out whatever way he had gotten in...
what a lovely and restful place!
we were hot and sweaty and the pool felt WONDERFUL!
these lovely wrought-iron tables and chairs were beautiful to look at... i loved the design!
but not so comfy to sit on! but i love the pattern...
katie found a kid to play with, of course...
and the meals were delicious.
hit the road for another day of driving. colorful towns and roadside stands.
then we played tourists for awhile at the beach... aren't these little dresses cute?
relaxing at the beach...
we stuck our feet in the Gulf of Mexico.
ah... i'm always loving it at the beach!!!
beach vendor...
a flower growing at the side of the road pavement...reminded me of morning glories...
and a sea-horse for you, jessie!!! you know what to do...
challenge of the day... flood waters. this was a 2-mile stretch of water over the roadway...
we followed a semi through the water...
we passed by a town completely under water. my heart was broken for these people whose homes and belongings were lost or destroyed...
a shot of the flood waters on the roadway taken through the passenger door...
loading up for day 2 of driving...
we drove through a lot of very colorful towns... a visual eye-feast!
then out into beautiful green countryside, where this awesome peak loomed over part of our drive... we weren't sure if it was always this green or if this was just the result of the rain from the tropical storm that blew through.
all day the sky provided these awesome cloud formations... about 5:30pm we began hunting for the night's lodging. having a 15 passenger van with a trailer attached provides some real challenges to finding a hotel for the night. most of the places don't have room to park our rig. about 8pm, finally we found a place that would accommodate us. in fact, they were in the street waving us in! after we pulled in and parked, the whole driveway behind us filled up with other trucks and cars, all towing a second vehicle. and semi-trucks. and trucks pulling truck... the next morning, they were all gone before we even rolled out of bed. we were so thankful to the Lord for this rest stop! there was even a pool we cooled off in before bed. so day 2 was safely and soundly behind us.
crossing the border... a 6 hr. process... the big brown fence marks the border.
we were running ahead of tropical storm Hermine. this area had been flooded the day before.
and it rained. it really really rained!
but we got south of the storm before it came inland. and then the weather turned hot and sultry again. we drove for a few hours, then found rooms for the night.
eating dinner at 10pm. mexican food...YUM! now for a good night of sleep...