Day 35

Everything went smoothly this AM.  Even though we had another Caravan in the Park with us, their WM had come over the night before and asked if we were going to depart at 8:30AM.  We told him we, the tail gunners, would be out by 9:15 AM. By the time our group was hitched up and had all departed, we were rolling out the Park gate at precisely 9:15 AM. 

 

The ride is beautiful with lots of mountain area, scrub brush and cactus of various kinds. We stopped for fuel at a Pemex along with about 5 other Rigs and had lunch.  After lunch and some fooling around, we got rolling with 3 of the Rigs.   

Shortly after making the right turn to Loreto, we saw the 3 of them pulled over on the road.  It appeared Archie was having some problems with the transfer case stuck on 4 wheel drive low on his Dodge Ram pickup truck. The men went to examine the nature of the problem. After discussion and  suggestions on  what to do including going back to CD Constitucion (18 miles), Archie made the decision to continue on to Loreto.  After two more stops on the highway, investigation, and Archie driving the truck  successfully up and down the mountain roads, he decided to go on to the Park in Puerto Escondido.  After unhooking, Archie took the truck out again to see how it ran at a faster speed.  The problem appeared to have straightened itself out. What a relief!

With the Rigs being a little late, the Social began closer to 5:00 PM. We had lots of great snacks.  And we celebrated a very special occasion.

The 42^nd wedding anniversary of Dan and Liz.  That’s something to be really proud of. Congratulations to you two. 

Mark and Mari