chapel hill, north carolina, usa (Tuesday) -- degollado, jalisco, mx (Friday)

While we were driving, i thought it would be nice to kinda of remember where we were at certain points,  sometimes i payed more attention, and other times i forgot to update in the moment so i tried to remember...

845am leave chapel hill 

950-1020 rest stop... Tweeked engine 

1120 stopped for gas and water after passing Charlotte 

1230pm Greenville, sc 

125 entered ga!! 

220-255 traffic outside atl 

330 wrong directions by kristen 

345 back on track 

455 ALABAMA! 

845 mobile al... Still 40 miles away 

935 in Mississippi 

1105 passed the louisiana welcome sign 

200am (or 3...time change...) entered tx. It's really humid, still 

349(449) Houston skyline, up close and personal 

800 Kristen finally drives 

900 arrive to Laredo and the border 

First customs stop: red 

Wait at oxxo 

Man w papers arrives 

Approx 1100 Israel leaves w empty car (to get it legalized and mxn) and the guy, kristen stay w stuff in guys house 

Approx 100 load car again and head to mtry, at customs get final signature and car is mxn! 

215 eat (subway) for first time today

Head out on Libre and enjoy slow beautiful roads 

430 mntry 

730 tacos? No

930 tacos... In almost Zacatecas, maybe Morelos? no idea 

1030 hotel. Sleep! 

900am wake up and 

930 we're gone again 

1230 halfway through the city of Aguascalientes, ate tacos/gordita/quesadillas 

100 Jalisco! 

140 guanajuato... 

330 la piedad. oops- I wrote this ahead of time, we spent 40 minutes in traffic: 

400 la piedad, michuacan

420 Jalisco again 

and finally 430pm degollado 

Next: inlaws

that's it, it was the journey.  after that we had 5 more driving hours to get to puebla.  over all it was an exhausting, interesting, hot, nerve wracking, fast, slow, beautiful drive.  i kept thinking about different things to blog, but now when i finally have a little time to sit down, i've forgotten most of them.  i'm sure ill have more topics soon though....