We had a beautiful day until late this afternoon when it clouded up before San Antonio. It got up to 29 degrees according to the sensor on the car. Needless to day, we needed the air conditioner. There were no big adventures, but we drove over 1000 kms (close to 650 miles) by the time we stopped. We are about 20 miles or so south of San Antonio at a little crossroad. I wanted to get through San Antonio for 2 reasons. One is that it is only a little over 100 miles to Laredo and the Mexican border--big milestone! Secondly, as it turned out, San Antonio is quite a maze of freeways and I would hate to be going through during a mid-week rush hour. It was busy enough on Sunday evening about 6 p.m. Thank God for Tomtom. We ignored the signs (many were very confusing) and did what Tomtom said; she got us through without a hitch.
Earlier, in Little Rock, we did make a wrong turn at a divided intersection. However, Tomtom quickly gave us directions to get off the freeway, turn around, and get back on track, all within a mile or two.
We are less than 2 hours from Laredo. A lot depends on how long it takes us to get a tourist visa and get the go-ahead through Mexican authorities once we reach the border. Our original plan was to go to Monterey, Mexico which is about 220 kms south of the border. However, it is a divided toll highway, just like an interstate. That should only take about 2 hours. I am going to look into going a bit further. We’ll want to get to a good sized city; however, it is too far to get to Guadalajara. We’ll have to see. However, we should certainly be in Ajijic by sometime Tuesday, May 6th.
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