Getting To Know You

Even if you take the toll highway from Monterrey to Mexico City, which is well-tended, less crowded, and a generally smoother experience, you will still have the chance to pass herds of goats wandering in the slow lane and vehicles in weirdly legal states of decomposition. Ā To mention this fact isn’t to suggest that Mexico is a primitive or what you’d call a ā€œdevelopingā€ country, just that the levels of permission here are on an order different than what you are used to in your home country, if your home country is the United States. Ā If you have need to move your flock of goats along a high-speed roadway, go to it; if you want to assemble the undercarriage and engine of your vehicle in one place and the body and interior in another hundreds of miles away, feel free to improvise a wooden driver’s seat and take off, friend. Ā We will just keep moving alongside. Continue reading “Getting To Know You”

At The Mexican Border

I amĀ at the border with one of my favorite families in Mexico – Don Elias Hernandez'. Ā These guys are beyond solid and are a tremendous Ā blessing to me, and have been through the years.
The closer I got the border, the more people wanted to caution me about coming here. Ā I understand, and I appreciate their concerns. Ā Tomorrow we travel what has been known to be a very dangerous road on our way to Monterrey. Ā  Continue reading “At The Mexican Border”