Running with the Big Dogs.

Dec 4th, 2007

We have been running with the big trucks now since we left the lovely park De Alba. At times it seems like a sea of hig doble remolques rule the roads...that is the word for the monster trucks pulling 2 full sized 45' flat beds and flying down these Mexico roads at breakneck speed. This is a picture of what happens when 2 such beasts collide. Sad but true.

We are making good time, I think. Pop and Doc are worn out at the evening stop. We came in early to a huge field behind a Pemex truck stop just outside of Escarcega. It was only 2:30 but Doc said he was exhausted. There is not much between here and Chetumal for nighttime pullovers so we stayed her last night. Villahermosa has rivers that have receeded leaving piles and piles of sandbags all along the levees and outside houses. Streets are still lined with them also. Standing water is everywhere. Livestock trying to feed in belly high water ; long lines waiting for the Walmart to open. Several hundred people milling around some big building comples. There were federal troops very visible going about the streets. The Cruz Roja (Red Cross) trucks were there. Life goes on even after the flood. We should make it beyond Chetumal for tonight. The best is yet to come!