I'm pleased to say we drove the Brave no miles today. We did have Tejas Truck and Trailer Repair out to our site to have a closer look at the rear brakes and bearings. Our mechanic was uni-lingual Spanish, so between our not used in six months proto-Spanish, Google translate, and his boss Art on the telephone, we worked our way through things. He pronounced us good to go.
On the other hand, we've found that the police training school at Hotel Hacienda Escondida in Cuidad Victoria has expanded to the point that they no longer have room for we campers. This, thanks to a phone call on our behalf by our La Peñita español maestro, Ivan, after I got wind of the difficulties on iOverlander.com. Short of adopting a new route route south via a Laredo border crossing, this likely means an extra overnight at a Pemex rest area. Bummer. On the other hand, we anticipate stopping at a new to us RV Park at Lagos de Moreno, Parque Acuático de Kikapu, so it all evens out.
So it's pretty much been a recovery day, although Nancy did make a resupply run to Walmart. My "useful" activities were limited to a swim and snooze in the sun. We got the three day Passport America discount here at Palmdale RV, so until Thursday, we're paying $21.50/night. Nice pool (90F/32C!), passable wifi.
The A&E RV Wash and Wax (Al and Ed) guy was by; the ever entrepreneurial Latinos trolling the RV Parks for filthy, newly migrated northern rigs. $125 for a hand wash and wax for the RV and towd. The poor CRV is muy sucia after the long drag south. It's a deal, except we still have 1200 Km to go, and Martin will do it in La Peñita much cheaper.
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