Since the paperwork was not going to be done until around 10:00am we had the morning to “sleep in”. Yeah Right….we slept in until 7:30….Ugg! Elayne could have slept longer…but Dave was ready to go…he always is! We went to the paperwork place where Estarado had finished everything. He was told that everything was in order, except that the diesel fuel that they had brought would need to be used before crossing the border. At exactly 10:00 the FedEx truck came with a package for Ken….it contained his passport.
We just have to tell you about one thing from the night before. It did not take long to discover that the Styrofoam cooler that we brought…..wait for it…..had a hole in it. So late Monday afternoon we discovered that the floor was wet. We checked to make sure that what was wet was sealed and was not destroying anything. So when we got to Pharr and found our hotel, the guys decided to try to straiten up the bus. They thought it would be a good idea to drain the cooler. But rather than taking the time to take the cooler out and dump it out. They propped it at the top of the stairs of the bus so the water would drain out. In theory, not a bad idea. In reality the cans started falling out one by one the minute they left the bus. The result was that the cans landed on the bottom step so the door could not open. Elayne could not stop laughing at the wisdom. We wiggled the door around and started pulling out the cans and soon the door opened enough to get the rest out.
We went and had breakfast with two guys that Estarado had met while doing paperwork. They gave us some tips about how to cross Mexico. We were all praying for a green light at the border. If we got a red light, it meant there was something wrong and there was a strong possibility that we would have to unload the entire bus.
We drove for about 45 minutes to the border crossing. There was a line that everyone had to wait in. There were many people around, so Estarado made friends. Most of the people spoke Spanish, afew spoke English.
I had heard about the wall that was being considered, but I had no idea that they were actually building it. The day we were there, they were working on it.
The American authorities came, checked papers and sent the whole group on their way. We drove through the maze and finally crossed the river into Mexico. At that point we had to go through Mexican security, including having the bus scanned and fill out our Visa papers. We got a green light by the way!
We just have to tell you about one thing from the night before. It did not take long to discover that the Styrofoam cooler that we brought…..wait for it…..had a hole in it. So late Monday afternoon we discovered that the floor was wet. We checked to make sure that what was wet was sealed and was not destroying anything. So when we got to Pharr and found our hotel, the guys decided to try to straiten up the bus. They thought it would be a good idea to drain the cooler. But rather than taking the time to take the cooler out and dump it out. They propped it at the top of the stairs of the bus so the water would drain out. In theory, not a bad idea. In reality the cans started falling out one by one the minute they left the bus. The result was that the cans landed on the bottom step so the door could not open. Elayne could not stop laughing at the wisdom. We wiggled the door around and started pulling out the cans and soon the door opened enough to get the rest out.
We went and had breakfast with two guys that Estarado had met while doing paperwork. They gave us some tips about how to cross Mexico. We were all praying for a green light at the border. If we got a red light, it meant there was something wrong and there was a strong possibility that we would have to unload the entire bus.
We drove for about 45 minutes to the border crossing. There was a line that everyone had to wait in. There were many people around, so Estarado made friends. Most of the people spoke Spanish, afew spoke English.
I had heard about the wall that was being considered, but I had no idea that they were actually building it. The day we were there, they were working on it.
The American authorities came, checked papers and sent the whole group on their way. We drove through the maze and finally crossed the river into Mexico. At that point we had to go through Mexican security, including having the bus scanned and fill out our Visa papers. We got a green light by the way!
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