We had other commitments that required us to haul butt northward, and skip most of the Mexican relaxation that our co-participants were looking forward to.
Anyways, after looking at the map and calculating (over Margaritas) for a day, we realized the relaxing portion of our trip (after the rally) would actually be the marathon portion. We had to get from Bacalar MX to Pheonix AZ USA in under 7 days. It might seem insignificant to you, but your probably not driving a 4wd VW van. We've learned to respect the fact that 300 miles is a really long day in the van, not like driving one of our more road friendly vehicles (???)
So we plotted our course, with absolutely no guidance or reference aside from an old AAA map a fellow participant gave us and the ever challenging Google, and decided it would be best to bee-line it for the Gulf Coast and follow it to USA.
The research I did suggested this wasn't the most picturesque route, but would be the fastest. What I know now from traveling in Mexico, choose the slower, more picturesque route and budget 2-3x more time than you think you need. Regardless, we ground out the 'emerald coast' without issues and continued on our trip. It might be a refreshing place to jump in the water in the middle of summer, but it wasn't very appealing at the end of December. The impression I got was this was where locals vacationed, but not where people went that could choose their destinations. Having said that, my wife used her Superpower of being able to befriend anyone to meet several different groups of people.We rarely were bored or without people to talk to, we had the opportunity to meet many different people...
Life continues on the trek northward...
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