More than two weeks behind posting blog updates. Oh well, I'll get there eventually.
We were up and about at a reasonable hour, checkout time, noon and it's just a short run to Laredo. where we would spend the night at a Flying J truck stop, a few kilometers from our turnoff to the Columbia Bridge over the Rio Grande.
The morning was taken up with a leisurely breakfast, walking the dogs, emptying the waste tanks and topping up the fresh water. Once taking on Mexican water we would turn off the ice maker and the filtered drinking water at the sink we would be on bottled water for drinking.
We departed Braunig Lake RV Resort at 11:49 Eleven minutes
before Check Out time and turned north for a few miles into San Antonio where we connected via the 410 with the I-35 to Laredo. For the most part we had a more or less following wind, gusty but not too bad, quite a pleasant drive.
Less than 3 hours later we arrive at the Flying J to top up the fuel tanks. It took just a little over 15 gallons, not a lot, but we like to make sure we don't run too low, especially in Mexico. With any luck, we would only need two more fuel stops before Zihuatanejo.
By 2:45 we were parked for the
night between a bunch of trucks. The entry to the lot was signed
No Commercial Vehicles. No Bob Tails. (Semi trucks without
trailers attached.) One of the bobtails beside us had his loud
engine running all night. At least it kept us from being disturbed by
the noise of other trucks coming and going!
One trailer made us smile. Perhaps this explains a lot about Truck Stop Coffee! To be truthful, the coffee at Flying J is quite all right.
Not a lot to do here, we walked the dogs around the perimeter grass a few times, put the satellite dish up and watched the news from home and a program or two had dinner and to bed. Early start in the morning.
Odometer 99079. 4,320 kilometers since leaving home.
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