Mexquitic to Queretero

We started well, returning the way we came to San Luis Potosi then at the same point that we had left the periferico from the north, we turned south to continue another 180 degrees around the centre of the city. Some forms of traffic was better suited to the conditions than others

The road condition was terrible--not as bad as the north part, but pretty bad. To make things worse, we missed our turnoff! Rather than try to find a way to turnaround in the heavy traffic we decided to carry on and take the exit for Rio Verde and from there take the toll road south to join the highway to Queretaro. Fortunately we are fairly familiar with the general geography of the area!




Further down the highway we noted a vehicle checkpoint set us for north bound traffic. This was taken from about a kilometer from the checkpoint. We were very glad we were southbound!



The approach to Queretaro was much changed from the last time we came through here, some five or six years ago. A new interchange is being built north of town, almost finished now, serving a new bypass for trucks enroute to Mexico City. Since this is only about 8 kilometers north of the trailer park we'll probably take this route south rather than fight the Queretaro traffic.

Also as we approached the trailer park we kept a good lookout for the changes to the overpass there which we had to use as a U turn route to the park. Thanks to Church and Church (the authors of A Traveler's Guide to Mexican Camping, we made the turn, only because we knew it had to be there. There was no sign, and the exit was hidden by overgrown brush until we were on top of it. These two photos were taken seconds apart.


We stopped in the office and checked in for two days--360 pesos for two nights, including wifi. While Gillian was in the office Art began disconnecting the jeep, then we drove around and into park area. It was healthy looking green grass, the dogs were going to be quite happy here. As Art drove onto the grass the motorhome slowed noticeably. A few feet further on he stopped to get out to check which would be the best site, water, power, sewer connections etc. He noticed that the rig had sunk into the wet (soggy) grass about 6 inches!

We did get backed in, though not without leaving ruts in the sod! Getting the rig level proved a bit of a problem, the jacks certainly would need pads underneath, the question being, would they be enough. After a lot of fiddling around we were as level as we would get, power and water connected. When we left two mornings later (when the photo was taken) the damage didn't look quite as bad.


We had an easy afternoon, catching up on internet while we could,though it was pretty slow. Tomorrow we were heading to Dolores Hidalgo in search of the tiles to go around the basin we had purchased the previous year.