Wed, Apr 10 - Starting the Drive Home

 

Bob, Hilary and I packed up the car and had our plastic bracelets ceremoniously cut off to make sure we couldn’t get back on hotel property!

Just south of Mazatlán, we turned east on Rt 40 and drove 318 km to Durango through the mountains on an amazing new highway.   We  drove through 70 tunnels and over almost as many bridges including some really beautiful suspension bridges.  It was a brilliantly engineered road, but without any turnouts  to park in to see the steep canyons and gorges.    They are still installing the lights in some of the longer tunnels, so maybe miradores will come  in the future.

 

Seedy area near our nice BW

Amusing trash can!

We drove to Palacio Gomez where we had reserved rooms in a Best Western.   Thank God for Hilary’s phone directions telling us where to turn as the route was very convoluted  and through a pretty seedy area.  We were glad to be safely locked inside the BW’s gate for the night.

Great beer from Modelo!