En route to Tucson

So we took that Uhaul down to Tucson. Jim Hoogerhyde, who is coming down to meet us in San Ignacio on the 28th came by to help us load everything in the truck, and the bikes didn't move an inch. Great job, thanks Jim! He also provided some moral support for me, since I was kind of a wreck just before departure. I don't know, the magnitude of the trip just got to me. Do I have everything? Did I pack all the tools? Are we prepared enough?

The drive down took us some 16 hours. Drove through the night, taking turns. Allen Zino hooked us up with Toni and Natascha who moved from the Bay Area to Tucson a little while ago. Toni just bought a KTM950 also. He is itching to take that out, and might accompany us to the border tomorrow. He started his own construction business recently, so he doesn't have enough free time to come with us.

So although Toni had no idea who we are, he totally put us up. When we got there, it turns out that Paige and Toni had met before. It's a really small world. Now we are sitting at his house in front of the fire pit and Paige is cooking dinner for all of us. That's the least we can do.

Since we got a lot earlier to Tucson then we thought we would, so we went shopping. That's what you get when you put three woman on a journey. Wait, we did it to ourselves...anyway, we did some more errands for things we needed, like a money belt, food, camera bag. Which reminds me, I haven't taken a single picture et. I'll be getting more diligent about that tomorrow.

So we are sitting around the fire, trying to figure out what the weather is going to be. The estimates range from the teens to the 40s. Maybe somebody mixed up the Celsius and the Fahrenheit. We certainly hope so, because TEENS? We didn't really bargain for that, heated vests or not.

So we will see tomorrow. There is no turning back now. Getting up early tomorrow, we want to be in Nuevas Casas Grandes before the sun disappears behind the mountain, which is the exact moment the temperature drops like 20 degrees, and proceeds to drop fast until it's below freezing. Plus mountain weather can turn fast, AND you REALLY don't ever want to drive in the dark in Mexico.

So this is probably the last blog before La Paz. Which we shall hit on the 22nd, so wish us luck, and after the luxury of having a computer to use at Toni's house. From tomorrow on I will be blogging from the tiny tiny buttons of Paige's palm pilot, so the blog will be pretty short, less polished and please forgive any spelling mistakes. It's just so much work on the palm, and my fingers cramp up, so I'll post, but shorter.

Cheers!

Jennifer