Mar 29, 2009 - Allende, just outside of Monterrey

Sunday March 29…9:45pm We left Matehuala at about 8:15am, and drove north on the Mex 57 highway. Chris had answered my email, and said he had a piece of property outside the city near the town of Allende. ... We took him up on his offer, and he met us at a predetermined spot in the town.Sunday March 29…9:45pm We left Matehuala at about 8:15am, and drove north on the Mex 57 highway. Chris had answered my email, and said he had a piece of property outside the city near the town of Allende. ... We took him up on his offer, and he met us at a predetermined spot in the town....

Jan 22, 2009 - What have we been up to?

So what have we been up to since our last blog? Well, let’s see… Birding, birding, and more birding, interspersed with dinner with friends, cocktails with friends, meeting new friends, and more dinner with friends.So what have we been up to since our last blog? Well, let’s see… Birding, birding, and more birding, interspersed with dinner with friends, cocktails with friends, meeting new friends, and more dinner with friends....

Jan 7, 2009 - Around the Valley and Across the Border

It ended up being a busy week in south Texas.It ended up being a busy week in south Texas....

Jul 8, 2008 - Last night in Mexico

As you can see by the clouds, weather was threatening rain or drizzling most of the day. This motel is along the tollroad from Monterrey to the US border. ... The toll costs almost $20 but the "libre" (free) road is full of potholes, villages, and construction.As you can see by the clouds, weather was threatening rain or drizzling most of the day. This motel is along the tollroad from Monterrey to the US border. ... The toll costs almost $20 but the "libre" (free) road is full of potholes, villages, and construction....

Feb 17, 2008 - Garcia Caverns

Sunday February 17…8:30pm Up around 7am this morning and got Sherman ready for the road again.Sunday February 17…8:30pm Up around 7am this morning and got Sherman ready for the road again....

Feb 10, 2008 - Our trip to Monterey Mexico

We began our trip by boarding a bus and traveling to Monterey.We began our trip by boarding a bus and traveling to Monterey....

Feb 11, 2007 - Saltillo Mexico

We were organized into groups of 8-9 rigs each, with a group leader, a tail gunner and a trip log.We were organized into groups of 8-9 rigs each, with a group leader, a tail gunner and a trip log....

Dec 17, 2005 - Monterrey, Mexico

Decided to fly across to the other side of Mexico to Monterrey, its third largest city with 4 million people. ... Upong arriving in Monterrey I went out on the town for the first night with 2 Mexican doctos who are my new friends. ... Am looking to see if I can rent a cheap place so I could stay for a while but its pretty hard work searching round so thats why Im here on the internet! Just been driven around the city by Cesar, a Mexican guy I met on the plane.Decided to fly across to the other side of Mexico to Monterrey, its third largest city with 4 million people. ... Upong arriving in Monterrey I went out on the town for the first night with 2 Mexican doctos who are my new friends. ... Am looking to see if I can rent a cheap place so I could stay for a while but its pretty hard work searching round so thats why Im here on the internet! Just been driven around the city by Cesar, a Mexican guy I met on the plane....

Sep 20, 2005 - A trip to MonterryMX

This is the story of the Monterrey trip with Carlie Stillman (Mom) and my other coworker on this trip, Johnny Chan. ... Sep 20 was Portland departure date.This is the story of the Monterrey trip with Carlie Stillman (Mom) and my other coworker on this trip, Johnny Chan. ... Sep 20 was Portland departure date....

Mar 29, 2005 - Monterrey and the journey to . . .

Monterrey was a really cool city, though if we had to pre-judge the city by the trip there, it would have been a bubbling cesspool. ... However, some of the really swass bus lines didn't run between Ciudad Valles and Monterrey, so we ended up taking a somewhat ghetto bus for the eight hour overnight trip. ... This repetetive kicking and shifting didn't even phase the polite couple in front of us - they never once lifted there seat up a little bit, resulting in some very stiff legs when we arrived in Monterrey at 5:30 on Tuesday morning. ... The area around the bus station in Monterrey was a little seedier than the bus station area in Tampico, though. ... The north (Tampico, Xilitla, Monterrey) had a definite tough-guy feel to it, and we got very tired of trying to crack through the pissed off facades of the people we ran into. ...