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TEXAS INVADES MEXICO aka Uncle Rogers Tour of Mexico
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[QUOTE="Tony Eeds, post: 1143836, member: 32023"] [b]Day One (continued)[/b] Cuauhtemoc was the next town and we had a police escort through town. Well sort of anyway. He was going the same direction we were and he/we all diligently waved and grinned as we passed him. Oops, where is Hoop? His bike had stalled at a light and we stopped as soon as we found a safe spot out of traffic. It was right in front of a shop that sold boiled squash. How is that for a specialty? Squash Cooker [img]http://teeds.smugmug.com/photos/123118933-M.jpg[/img] Mike, while waiting on Hoop ... [img]http://teeds.smugmug.com/photos/123118164-M.jpg[/img] Hoop soon reappeared and we headed towards the edge of town in search of a Pemex. Sure enough, right on Chih 16 stood a modern “self service” Pemex. Attendants were scurrying about taking the pesos. Soon we were back on the road and heading west now on Chih 16 towards Adolfo López Mateos. The road was a complete mess and all you could do is follow the rhythm of the traffic as it appears to be as bad as “rush hour” in America. [img]http://teeds.smugmug.com/photos/123118419-M.jpg[/img] Dos chica with “Cowgirl Up” on the back window of their Silverado and a death wish, made us look like good drivers as they rushed headlong into the future, oblivious to the fact that they skirted death almost constantly. Crosses lined the road in some areas and shrines appears to be placed at the more deadly areas. They should have noticed, but they were busy with makeup ... In any case, the sun went down, or at least it did on my GPS, so this means we pull over, correct? We have always been told that you don’t drive in Mexico after dark, so we are going to stop, correct? Naw ... we slogged on. Did I mention the fact that we had not reached the junction of Chih 16 and the road to Creel? We finally turned south and after the sun went down, entered the twisties. Holy Chihuahua, this road had more curves than all the girls in Chihuahua. Most were covered in water that was diligently trying to become ice. An aside ... After arriving in Creel, everyone talked of the fires along the edge of the road for people to stop and warm themselves besides ... who in the hell had time to look at anything other than the lines on the highway? Are these super humans I ride with? But I digress ... Back to the story ... Cloaked in darkness, the world shrinks to the width of my Baja Designs (unpaid advertising) headlight and the pinpoint of the tail light of John’s bike in front of me. This is beyond nuts, but for a while we have a Nissan Pickup running a blocking pattern for a bunch of broken field runners. Then the yoyo at the front of our pack passed the Nissan!!!! Now, we are going it alone leaving our blocking cover behind. Nuts I tell you, completely nuts! Oops there is a sign for topes. Kawump I should have stood up ... there goes a church on the right. Say a prayer for me Padre, I don’t have time to stop ... Oh lord, was that a beer barn? Clearly, THAT fellow used to live in Texas. I have seen it all ... Whoops, there is a car in my lane going slow ... screw the traffic laws ... what traffic laws ... pass that sucker ... the tail light is getting smaller ... Finally I see the sign that says ... Creel 7.5 Km ... OK, with nothing else to do, I tried to figure out how far that was ... let’s see ... 1 Km = 0.62 miles (approximately for those of y’all that really care) , so if I round it off at 0.6, so that means 0.1 = 0.75 miles, so 7.5 Km should be about 4.5 miles ... OK, how that I had finally figured out that bit of trivia, can SOMEONE please tell me why I had not ridden 4.5 miles by that time and FOUND Creel! Things were getting nuts! Did I mention the cold? Maybe that is why the 7.5 Km, felt like 75 Km. Holy Honda there Batman, I think I see lights. We gather at the edge of town and head into the middle of the fray. One wrong turn and we found Casa Margarita’s. I could have kissed the ground, but it was covered with ice and dirt. Actually there was ice and dirt everywhere. I learned that it snowed recently for the first time in a long time and no one could remember the last time it snowed that much. An aside ... My mother is laughing right now, the Eeds curse is alive and well. When she was alive, she said that all someone had to do to break a drought is to invite us there on vacation. Oops, maybe I should not have mentioned that ... [/QUOTE]
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