DONE!

Wednesday, 25 November, dawned in the clouds and rain. We were hoping for the windshield to be installed today. We got a call from the glass company saying that they were at the pickup dock, and how was the weather where we were? Well, it wasn't actually raining at the moment and was in fact drying a bit. The forecast for the rest of the week was worse, we really didn't want to wait any longer. They tentatively suggested waiting for better weather  but didn't take much convincing to come out and see how it went.

They arrived about noon, the installation went well. The good news was that the weak Canadian dollar meant the $200.00 deductible was 151.02 US dollars.

Tomorrow is the US Thanksgiving and there will be a pot luck dinner at noon with the park providing Turkey, with stuffing. This afternoon Art made a large bowl of cranberry sauce as our contribution.

It had been raining all afternoon, we had hoped to get some packing up done. Tomorrow we'll hook up the car, get the bike on the bike rack, put the chairs away dump and fill tanks as appropriate, wind up the electrical and cablevision cords, water and sewer hoses and be ready to roll as soon as lunch is done. Checkout time is actually 11:00 but we have been told to stay. It has been fun, all things considered, but we'll be glad to get out of here.

We will likely not have email until we arrive in Zihuatanejo, hopefully on Sunday. Here is the plan:

Thursday afternoon head to the Welcome Center just north of Laredo for the night.

EARLY Friday head to the border, the Columbia Bridge crossing, hope to get there by 8:00 AM. We have no idea how busy it will be or how long it will take. The norm is an hour or so. We also hope to get the phones sorted out. We will likely end up with new numbers.

Friday night, either Matehuala (our hope) or if late, Saltillo.

Saturday drive to Guanajuato via a new route via San Filepe (from near San Luis Potosi) a new route for us.

Sunday, if we are still on schedule and don't have to detour too far for fuel, we will run to Zihuatanejo via Morelia and Patzcuaro without stopping (other than lunch and fuel).

All three will be fairly long days but we are tired of waiting. Zihua here we come!