Another disastrous day!

We were up early and ready to roll around 9am.  We didn’t need an early start as not too far to go.

First order of business a tire check and Eric spotted the start of a separation in the right rear passenger side tire.  It did not extend the whole way round but luckily it was in a spot that Eric could see it. 

Off with the old and….

on with new.  Eric brought two spares this time just in case. 

This is the dog next door who was intently watching.  I called “ bueno perro to her”  and she wagged her tail but dashed away if I tried to get close and then came right back.  A sweetie. 

All done.

The large sign is still out front but Edgar is not waiting in his chair to greet people as they arrive.  Sigh.

Paving going on south of Santa Ana.

The passing lane is good and truck lane is not so we drove in the passing lane.  No one complained they just passed us in the slow lane and then travelled on in the fast lane…just like us.

Nasty. 

Nice and green here too.

Eric says it looks like the Serengeti…and no we haven’t been there.

Coming up to the first left turn coming through Hermosillo and the road is atrocious as usual.

Some new pavement here.

Turn left.

This area has huge rounded topes and you have to go really, really slow.  We know they are there but they are hard to see.

Look how green the hills are.

Ugly.

You have to stay in the far right lane so you can go down under the overpass to turn left for Guaymas.

An odd set up for a major southbound highway especially when doubles have to go this way. 

Following a double tanker truck.

Got a little tricky here as they are concreting the northbound lane and this sign came up quick.  Luckily in Mexico people are not  surprised if you dodge in front of them.  They just get out of the way!

It’s going to nice when it’s finished.

We crossed over to eat lunch at this Pemex station

Most of the road is done it’s the bridges or puentes that they are working on.

It was a very pleasant drive with no bumps or humps like the old pavement.

This is new but already looks a little rough.  It will be a disaster if the concrete breaks up.

Close to Guaymas and we head left as they are still working on the highway and constructing a huge overpass.

Soon to be all concrete.

Coming into Guaymas.

Seems every town has it’s own colorful sign.

We have turned right at the overpass and are heading down to Miramar and the hotel Playa de Cortez RV park.  At this point we are going very slow as there are huge ugly topes through here.

We dropped off the first tope and there was a bang.  It felt like someone had run into us.  No where to stop.  We continued on slowly and in minutes a young guy on the back of a moto was pointing at the RV.  We could now see smoke in the passenger mirror.   What the hell!  A blown tire?  We put on the four ways and got out to have a look.   A broken spring….well actually a broken spring on both sides of the middle axle and the tires on the passenger side were rubbing together and creating smoke because the shackle on that side had flipped.   Now what?  We had to continue on the mile or so down the hill to the RV park at about 2 miles an hour so as not to heat up the tires.   We managed to get parked and then we had the desk call for a mechanico.  Eric has parts with him but he brought an original new spring and a Mexican spring never thinking we would break two.  To replace springs on the same axle they should be the same.  

See those back tires rubbing together.  The middle one is the new Sailun from last spring and the front one was new at home.  Hope they are okay.  At least we weren’t out on the highway somewhere as we would have been dead in the water and we don’t know what we would have done then.  If it was only one spring Eric could fix it by himself but it isn’t. 

Spring hanging down. 

At this point it was time to sit on the patio and drink beer!  The weather is lovely and we were a tad stressed to say the least.  Good news is that Eric doesn’t panic because he can fix almost anything himself if he has the parts.   About 5:30 the mechanic showed up with a lady from the front desk to have a look.  The nice lady from the desk speaks some English and we speak a bit of Spanish so between us all it was explained.  He left with the new Mexican spring that we had made in Mazatlan the last time we broke a spring and he’ll try to match it.   He’s supposed to return tomorrow morning aroung 10am.   Ah Mexico.  They are always ready to help and ever so nice about it.