2nd Time’s a Charm

We have the distinction of having the worst road of all the places where our organization works in Mexico.  We travel 63 miles and it takes between 6-8 hours.

This last trip we weren’t able to get in on the first try.  Two and a half hours into the trip, we descend into a valley, cross the river and then climb up the other side of the mountain.   Well, as we began to descend, it began to rain quite steadily.

We noticed that the river was a little higher than normal, but nothing we couldn’t cross.  But, then as we started up the other side we had problems. We were loaded down with materials for building and all of our camping stuff for 2 weeks.  The rain had made the road extremely muddy and we weren’t able to make it up the hill.

After several tries we backed down the hill and got out to fill the road with rocks and small branches for traction.

After an hour of playing in the mud, our efforts had no effect.  We still couldn’t make it up the hill.  So, we turned back to the coast to wait for the roads to “dry out” a bit.

We waited two days and tried again.  We battled again at the same hill, but this time we were able to make it all the way up and eventually to the village.