Yesterday we finally made the jump, well drive, into Mexico. We decided to do the crossing from Presidio, TX into Ojinaga, Mexico. We had to drive to Presidio due to wanting Rosalina’s back right tire looked at as the warning sign of low pressure kept coming on in the last few months. Ron kept it going with the compressor for a while but since we wanted to do longer drives into the National Park we did not feel like taking a risk. So Ron found a tire repair place and within 30 minutes we were ready to go. Our impulsive selves thought we should be checking out the other side of the border, this without any plans or idea of what to expect.
The crossing was pretty simple and the only challenge was what felt like a mile long drive over super high speed bumps that were only 3 feet apart. Talk about any vehicle taking a beating. Well we made it through the check point and the only thing we needed to show the Mexican Authorities was the car registration and my passport. Now that sounds simple but no no it was quiet interesting. For one, she did not speak (or at least claimed) to not speak English or German. She couldn’t figure out where my passport was from and kept pointing at the cover which says ‘European Union - Deutschland). I kept saying ‘Germany, Deutschland and Allemagne. Well the Allemagne finally made an impression and she waved us through without even wanting to see Ron’s passport. Her not speaking English should have given us pause but hey after traveling all over the world for most of our life we were sure we cross paths with others that did speak English. No no no. Our whole time over there not one person we tried talking to spoke English. And then to our dismay what came on? The low tire pressure sign for the back rear tire! I think those speed bumps were to blame. So we aimed for home again. While it took about 10 min to enter Mexico it took 1 hour to get back into the USA. The border agent was super nice and when asked if we had lunch in Mexico and us telling him we kind of missed out on it all he recommended a great place in Presidio, The Bean. It was super yummy food and when we got to the tire place he told us the tire pressure was still good and that the issue is we have not taken her over 50 mph yet. I of course loved that responds so I told him ‘Thank you for giving me permission to speed’ 😂. Let’s just say the overall speed limit there is 30 mph to 45 mph 😉
Then it was time to head home to Lucy and the pups. This however took a long time as the drive between Presidio and Lajitas is absolutely stunning. Ron had to pull over about 15 times so I could take pictures. The road follows the Rio Grande on one side and gorgeous rock formations on the other. We made it home to our pups and we were beat! Let me tell you us older people get easily exhausted and I could barely keep my eyes open over dinner. Lucky us it was left overs from the amazing dinner we had the night before at the Resort.
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