Looking over the Border...

§                     Debra Shephard

§         Wowie Zowie!!! This is so amazing. We have been so fearful to cross the border after hearing all the things that have been happening but we thought let's get to the border and talk to the border patrol at the cross over point.

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§         Tom and I agreed ahead of time that if the Border patrol told us it was too dangerous then we would simply head back to Idaho...

So we went ahead and talked with the people who really know and they said as long as we stay on the toll roads we should be fine as the Policia and Federales and Military all guard and protect those roads 100%.

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Then Tom and I started over.  We paid the $4.50 at our border to cross and once in Mexico we began the proceedings for Neisha and I to get our tourista visas and the vehicke and trailer permissos

We began the proceedings at 8 am and finally were on the road at 11:00 am.  While we were waiting for all the red tape to be dealt with we managed to have conversations with 3 other couples who have been travelling back and forth between the 2 countries for years!  Everyone told us we needn’t fear at all if we stay on the toll roads and drive during the day.  The roads are nearly as perfect as anyone could wish for but they are not lit and it would be easy to fall off the road at night.

We've been on the road since 7:30 this am and reached matehuala by 6:30 pm tonight.  It is an Oasis a wonderful sight to behold.  It is so wonderful!  I am so grateful we overcame our fears and went for it.
Am heading to bed now will write more later.
Debra

We are on our way to Mexico!!!

Hola!  Well we left Utah awhile ago.  the first night we stayed in Green river, Utah the next night we stayed in Gallup NM then we stayed in Socorro NM then we dropped down to Van Horn TX then we stayed in San Antonio for 2 nights and now we've been In  Laredo for 2 nights. We visited a dino museum in UT and today we played at an Imaginarium at the Mall del Norte here in Laredo.  It is strange being the only blanco people here...we have met many interesting people.  In San Antonio we met people from Bosnia, South Africa and North Carolina who had been hired by our government to teach dogs to smell for bombs.  One man had worked in mine fields with dogs..phew..what a job!

Tomorrow at break of dawn we take off for the border.  We will cross North of here and take the toll roads thru Mexico as they are guarded by the Federales.  Neisha and I are listening and studying the Rosetta Stone Espanol and practice often.  Tom does homework with neisha every evening and we try to incorporate learning skills during her day to keep her skills sharp.  This morning there were many little spanish speaking boys at breakfast and Neisha looked at them and said "muchus ninos"  I laughed as she was correct.  There were many boys.
Well it is off to bed with us.  Say a prayer for us.  I am excited but very scared as well as the reports aren't happy about the bandidos throughout Mexico but we've been assured we're safe on the toll roads.

I pray we haven't been misled.

Debra