We’re on the road by 9am this morning which is early by our standards. The plan is to put in some miles today in order to get us closer to a more desirable region of the country. With the exception of the large city of Torreón, the day is spent traveling across wide open and uninhabited desert. The four lane divided highway we find ourselves on is not unlike a US interstate. If it wasn’t for the signs being in Spanish, I could have been fooled into believing we were driving across Arizona. Furthermore, we see several vehicles with US license plates thus indicating our proximity to the Texas border.
We eventually cross the state line from Durango into Coahuila which is our third of thirty-one states visited on mainland in four days. We’re moving at a much faster pace than we prefer but we’re also quite ready to get further south where we can begin experiencing all new flora and fauna. Though that goal is still a few days and many miles away.
Over five hours of driving and $45 dollars in tolls paid, we arrive in the Pueblo Mágico of Parras de la Fuente. A “Pueblo Mágico” (magical town) is a place that has been designated as such by the government for its “cultural richness, historical relevance, cuisine, art crafts, and great hospitality”. We enjoy a delicious meal at El Mesón de Don Evaristo and then make our way to a private campground on the outskirts of town. Juan welcomes us to his home and points us to a nice little camping area at the back of his property.
There’s only a few minutes of sunshine left to savor by the time we get settled. With the day quickly turning to night we all immediately shift into planning mode for tomorrow. After an hour of collective research we assemble a plan for where we’ll head next and how we’ll get there. It’s then that we all disperse to our campers, eager to get some rest before it’s time to get up and do it all over again tomorrow.
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Highway 40D across Durango and into the state of Coahuila. The narrow town streets of Parras de la Fuente. We spent the night at Camping El Encuentro which was the backyard of a kind couple with property on the outskirts of Parras.
That little campground inParras de la Fuente looked perfect safe and why do a lot of these people have swimming poles! looks a little cool there,but better than in Wisconsin -20 and 4 more inches of snow!
I have a feeling it gets very hot come the summer months. Stay warm, those are some bitter temps!
I have no idea where you are going but the small town of Juamave has a hundred or more Military Macaws in town eating pecans this time of year
You might also look at El Cielo Biosphere Reserve which is the northernmost tropical cloudforest in this hemisphere
The Huasteca region just south of there has lots of travertine waterholes worth seeing
We enjoyed a couple of weeks in the La Huasteca region, it was gorgeous!