Incredible. I drove my Land Rover for years in Mexico and noone ever stole a thing and I even parked it near a hotel in DF. I drove my Bronco all over Mexico and it was my vehicle when I lived in Real de Catorce whihc is in the boonies and Zacateca desert and nary a problem. I maybe had a two flats in Mexico in 30 years of traveling. One require a Vulcanazador in SLP to rebuild the tire and vucanize the sidewall after it got ripped out on a trip into the Valle de Fantasmos near Rio Verde. The US doesn't allow that these days. I also drove my Mazada pickup to Nuevoe Mecurico a few times which is about 65 miles from highway 57 between Concepcion de Oror and Allende. A very bad road. And the road to Salado was pretty rough too, they palce where those dumb Texans were forced to pick black beans from that pot and got shot.
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 1:42 PM, David via Texascavers < [email protected]> wrote: > A very famous and very wise caver stated publically in 1987 during a > formal presentation to a group of young potential cavers ( me included ) > that > > "For every hour underground...you need to spend 16 hours preparing for > that." > > At the moment that I first heard that concept, I thought to myself, > > "If I ever end up like that...just shoot me." > > In the 30 years since, many if not all of my road-trips were in some way > clusterph*cks. And that same guy even had to rescue me all by himself > once, either due to my ineptness or carefree attitude, or both. My excuse > was always lack of time and lack of money. > > I once said, > > "You don't go on a road-trip with the gear that you want, but instead you > go with the gear you have." > > > So today, I took off work from my imaginary job and combed the junk > yards. I now have 4 steel wheels for my Sequoia ( 3 plus the spare ). > Meaning, it would be nice to get another, but ai probably won't for this > trip. > > For you young'uns that don't know what I am talking about, the factory > aluminum wheels suck on road-trips on the rugged roads in the Sierra > Madres. And I am not even talking about off-roading. > > and those shiny light-weight wheels appeal to car thieves and scrap-metal > thieves and are easy to steal. And replacement wheels in your unique size > can be hard to find if you lose them down there, especially if you are in > some really remote cool place like > > El Popoca ( see YouTube ) > > However, > > now my dillema is getting rubber on those wheels before I leave town. > That alone may put an end to the dream of a road-trip. My fr*ckin > beloved jerk customers are not returning my calls, as if they already > fr*ckin left town for a Thanksgiving. > > David Locklear > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > -- Charlie Loving
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