Travelogues

Mexico-- Never Boring...

Sometimes disaster just strikes. I think I like to save it all up to happen all at once. It's more interesting that way. I just wait until I'm bored.

When I came back from the cruise, I was greeted by a messy house, drunk roommates, bills, cat care, no sleep, regular hours at work... I needed to get away from it all. I decided to take a couple of days off work and planned a long weekend in Mexico with Courtney. Not just any place in baja though. I wanted to go to the middle of nowhere. And so we did.

Luckily and unluckily the truck can take us there. We spent a night of bliss on a beach with not a soul around us. The only sounds were the waves crashing. The next morning we woke up to find a fog had settled over us. I wanted to get out of there quick as it was getting chilly. We loaded up the truck and started the long haul back into town. I was coming up a slight slope covered in sand and revved the engine a little bit too hard. All of a sudden the clutch went out! I couldn't get into any gear.

Long story short, I managed to flag down some campers. We had luckily entered a more populated area. They were able to get some friend to tow us for a bit. The friend managed to get the truck into first gear and we drove it to a local mechanic named Don Lalo's. He wouldn't be able to get a part from Ensenada for another few days, so we called Jamie to pick us up from San Quintin. It's a good friend who drives four hours there and four hours back to rescue you from Mexico.

posted by Patricia @ 4:37 PM