Laredo, Texas

Wow, what an eventful day! We covered lots of ground today. We left Lafayette after a great breakfast and managed to get through Houston before lunchtime. "Jack" is our trusty navigator (he's our motorcycle GPS) and we stick him to the dash when we use him in the car. He chose a different route than we'd mapped using Google and actually shaved an hour off our trip, so we elevated him to family status. As a result, we got to see lots of Texas towns we never knew existed. We even passed by the LBJ Ranch. Stopped for lunch in Victoria and had, naturally, Mexican food! John had the biggest burrito I've ever seen in my life and he said it was delicious.

We pulled into Laredo about 4 o'clock and went immediately to the bus terminal where we bought our bus tickets for Mexico at Autobuses Americanos. They cost us $50 each for one way tickets. Guess I'm not sure if we're coming back! Our bus leaves tomorrow at 4:55PM and 14 hours later we'll arrive in San Miguel.

We checked into our Holiday Inn at the Civic Center and were delighted with tenth floor panoramic views. After dinner the hotel manager said we could park our car in the gated hotel garage for two months for FREE! That's right, free. We were stunned. He also gave us a late checkout and will give us shuttle service to the bus station. Whatever did we do to get such incredible luck?!! So now we have a day free to do whatever, go to the pool, the spa, go shopping, lay about... wow, life is good!