Day 7 - leaving Mexico

Monday ended our week in Mexico and we packed up and headed out...

I took a closer look at the front of Gracie after the wash and wax... it is better, but not great -- still a lot of bug residue, now waxed onto the front! Oh well!

As we were back on route 8 heading toward Sonoyta, I saw Barb's Dog Rescue...

Close-up on info about Barb's Dog Rescue

As we continued northeast, we saw mountains on the north side of the road...

... they were really pretty!

I think they were part of Schuk Toak Museo (here's a link I found that Google has translated).

We continued on toward the border...

...where we came to a stop just 1/2 mile from the border.

Nancy and Steve were just in front of us and said that they saw something going on at the border.

Nancy found some information that indicated that Mexican farmers were protesting... (https://mexicosolidarity.com/mexican-farmers-occupy-us-border-crossing-protesting-agricultural-policy/).

After about 1.5 hours of waiting,

... we started moving -- they consolidated two lanes into one (so two cars got between Steve/Nancy and us -- and the guy directing traffic told the second car that he was *not* supposed to have merged yet!).

Steve started working his way through the barricade vehicles.

They all look like John Deeres! Or, is that Juan Dears?!?

We heard from other sources that they were blocking the border for 2 hours (not letting anyone in or out) and then opening for one hour.

The hand-written sign on the front of the tractor says, "The Farmers united for the countryside of Mexico".

"Sonoyta International Crossing"

We followed Steve into the lane for RVs...

... when we got to the booth, they just asked for our passports, asked no questions, and waved us through. Other than the wait to get to the border, it was a super easy crossing! Unfortunately, the wait made us significantly later getting to Mesa, so it was close to sunset when we arrived. We had planned to park in front of our new-to-us park model and unload food from the refrigerator and other things into the house... but instead, we parked in our RV space, plugged in electricity, and then we collapsed. It is always a little stressful when we're traveling -- more so when we are in another country -- and even more so when we're not sure we're going to make it out! Thankful to be back in the US!