Holiday Inn Express Slp San Luis Potosí

I dropped the Buell just a few miles after leaving our hotel and broke the clutch lever.  The bike was terrible unbalanced.  It was Sunday so nothing was open to get parts.  We applied epoxy and took a hotel room to wait for it to dry... More pics and details to be updated soon!

... Nacional de la Mascara (a personal favorite of Barbara's). All three building are architecturally important and lend grace to this beautiful square. Getting back to our hotel for a moment, it was a staid old hotel that was doing its best to keep current. For example I did appreciate the "zona inalambrico" in the main lobby. This turned out to be the last photos I was able to upload to the internet as my computer went completely ...

... big family dinner takes place. Our intent on Christmas Eve in Guanajuato was to go to a mass. Considering how every church was filled to overflowing we opted to "pass on the mass" and head for a Christmas Eve supper in a restaurant located on the Jardin de la Union. The setting was superb and our meal was excellent. Afterwards we walked about the "centro historico" and were amazed at the number of people who were out and about. Considering how ...

... the elec. heater. This probley be the last time we stop here, as next year we are going furether west before we go into Mexico. There is not much going on here so will sign off for now. Will post pics this after noon of yesterday traveling ande today at the campground. Bonnie and Bill

Hola, We are now in Ciudad Victoria and ready for the last leg of the journey in Mexico. Weather has been a complicating factor and we decide to forgo anymore unbearable sultry weather. In Veracruz it was over 100 with 90% humidity. The Gulf of Mexico felt like bathwater and the skies threatened but never produced rain. We decided to head for Tampico as we had heard that the road had been vastly improved. Not that we noticed or, if it had, we pity the folks who drove on the old ...

... weather was absolutely beauitful, the temperature after dark was 85 degrees, the air was dry, and the wind was slightly blowing. We decided it was perfect and we would just sit there and enjoy it rather than get ready to cross the border the next day. So we spent the next day getting the camper ready and stayed another night.

Planned to stay overnight but this place was lovely and we stayed two days. It was very quiet when we arrived and we met some interesting people and were able to let the dogs run loose. The landscaping and plants and trees were gorgeous. We managed to figure out the traffic and city layout eventually and left ...

... After crossing the border into Matamoros, we started to see, and feel, the Mexican roads. In particular, the "topes" (speed bumps) that range from not too bad to horrendous! After about a 3 hour drive, we got to Ciudad Victoria without problems and after parking and getting set up, we went exploring a little and went to the ...

... unfortunately destroyed by the oil industry but they managed to save some of the sculptures and tablets. The famous heads were made by the Olmecs the first found civilization in Mexico. The heads are a mystery because they have the faces of black men and women, I think some of them look Chinese / south Asian. The height of there civilization was from 1600 bc to 900 bc - that's a long time ago, they had similar methods of counting a recording as the Mayans and a similar language and ...

... with Mexico's high level of maintenance. We see a lot of restoration underway. Our guide book says that this is an important industrial center but not to let the appearance of the areas around the city keep us from stopping in the center to enjoy this colonial jewel. We have to agree. The cycle hasn't moved since parking it in the hotel lobby. It is a good thing that we can walk to everywhere we want to go. The downtown area is not ...