The van is almost ready. The seller has been as thorough and frantic about putting it into the best possible condition as Elizabeth was about making our house nice and clean and tidy and fixed for our friends staying there in our absence. In the case of the van, this involves cleaning various parts of it (he washed the engine(!) the other day), sorting out all the extras he’s including (cooler, propane stove, tables and more) and getting a few small items fixed, mostly electrical.
It’s greatly appreciated, as each thing fixed will be one fewer item for us to have to wrestle with and/or work around. But also it delays our departure from Mérida. We are anxious to be on the road to parts yet unexplored. And the hotel and rental-car bills keep on ticking.
On the other hand, there are far worse places on Earth to be stuck. None of us is anxious to be away from here, just to be on our way to other wonderful places.
Update 5 November 2012 10:30pm – Just got back to the hotel after picking up the van. The deal is done. We’re out of here in the morning, heading off to Campeche. On the road!
Elizabeth
Henry
Your friends staying in your nice tidy home appreciate all the care that went into preparing it for us! Hope the adventure is going well!!
It looks sparkling – and here’s sparkling wishes for the journey!
Sorry for the delay in plans but you may as well relax and
enjoy the down time as long as you are there. The van looks
great. Will you be keeping it when you are done traveling?
Love always
Not likely. That would involve driving it home through Northern Mexico, which is not a good idea these days. The plan is either to sell it, or donate it to a charitable organization.