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Friday, February 12, 2016

About this journey

We've been looking forward to this trip for a long time. We enjoyed the 2014 New England trip so much that we knew we wanted to keep exploring. Steve has done two long Mexico trips and thoroughly enjoyed both. After hearing about them, Robin was ready too. Since we're there, we might as well explore the western US too.

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The recurring question: "Aren't you afraid?"  Well, yes. We have to go through Houston going in and Tuscon leaving. We are very active in RV websites that have forums on Mexico. Been doing this for many years. There are a lot of folks snowbirding in RV's all over Mexico. There have been ZERO RV'er deaths. There have been one or two truck hijacking's of trucks in about 10 years.  

Trip Overview

  • Start from Charlotte where we're doing wedding prep for Andi and David's wedding.
  • Head towards New Orleans; maybe stop at Ft Benning and show Robin Airborne school.
  • 3 nights in New Orleans.
  • Head west for a fewhours to Welsh, LA for a 3 night reunion with old Army Korea friends, Dave and Carolyn Lejeune. Plan includes a Sat night in a cajun honky-tonk complete with crawfish, beer, and dancing.
  • Head down the east coast of Texas towards Mexico. Probably stay a few hours from the border at Naval Air Station Kingsville.
  • Cross the border at Reynosa - Hildago and spend a few days with RV.Net friends Chris and Juan in Monterrey.
  • From here on, who knows? In general terms we'll go down the center in the Colonial highlands. Somewhere we'll head west to the coast. Then we'll work north towards a border crossing at Nogales, AZ. 
  • Back in the US, we'll hit: Grand Canyon, Vegas, Denver (son Luke and family), Salt Lake, Yellowstone and then ???. Probably return to NC in June.
The elephant in the room? What happens if the house sells while we are way down south in Mexico? 


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