Driving to Valle

Ted and I drove from Johnson City to Valle de Bravo with just a GPS to show us the way. On the way down we somehow got off the highway and went down a different road heading towards Victoria. By the time we were in Victoria, the night was closing in. The small road we were on started winding up a mountain. By the time the dark settled, the shoulder seemed to have been replaced with steep drops into oblivion.

On the way up, we noticed that in our lane, semis were liked up and parked in the lane. We had no clue what was going on. For all we knew, this was standard practice for truck drivers in Mexico to sleep on the mountain when it was too dark to navigate the roads safely. Some of the drivers waved us past. So I drove in the other lane intended for oncoming traffic for miles. The whole time winding in and out of the mountain's folds. We finally came upon the reason for the back up, an overturned semi. Luckily, for us anyway, the semi left just enough room for our truck to pass. The semis couldn't. No one appeared to be hurt. But there was no telling how and when the wreakage would have been cleared. So although we went the wrong way, we could have been stuck on that mountain all night! In the end, we only lost about an hour of driving and didn't have to back track.