Thursday, October 14, 2010

We Made It

After talking with homeland security on the US side, we crossed in Nogales, Mexico in the early hours of October 7th.
Promptly took the wrong lane to declare the dog, and was informed we would do that at km 21. On through the bumpy narrow streets of downtown Nogales!
At km 21, we filled out immigration cards and paid $43.13 US and we were cleared into Mexico!
Traded a Canadian 10 for a US 10 in the money exchange. The woman had never seen a Canadian 10 I guess. She wouldn't change our Canadian money though.
The highway for the most part is 2 lanes each way, divided. Narrow lanes and about a 6 inch shoulder outside the white lines on both lanes. Had about a foot on each side of the trailer tires, kind of scary when the big trucks passed.
About 3 hours down the road, we stopped for gas at one of the government regulated stations-PeMex. Paid 8.6 pesos for a liter. We were paying between 2.89-2.55 a gallon in US dollars for a US gallon.
Some hours later, on the off ramp to San Carlos, about 10km out, the truck begins to lose power. Pulled over to investigate and it sounded like it was missing. Shut it off to have a look for obvious things. Couldn't see anything, started it up and it ran fine!
Off again and it begins to lose power on uphills. Seems we picked up some dirty fuel.
Missed the turnoff for the marina, so we had a tour of one part of San Carlos with the boat on behind.
Finally found the marina and made arrangements for a space in the dry storage work yard to paint the boat with primer and anti-fouling paint.
After 3 days of painting in the dusty, hot yard we are ready to launch!
Launched Monday and found out the extra axle and tires make the trailer float in salt water when you unload the boat! Could be interesting loading.
Made it to our slip without mishap.
Now the work begins, trying to find and organize everything!

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