Day Seven

We arrived at the Transmigrant facility late at night. Eduardo had set up sleeping facilities with the Transmigrant company. Essentially, a room with 4 beds. Not a 5-star but it was warm and dry with shower facilities. The best part of the past couple mornings have been the pleasant Guatemalan women, Marta & Barrios, who provide food for transmigrants. They come by each morning and serve typical Guatemalan food to the transmigrants leaving each morning to cross the border. It is a great indication of good food to come.

We woke up early in the morning to begin the paperwork. We found out that we needed to re-inventory all the vehicles and translate it in Spanish. It took much longer to get the paperwork done than we had planned and were unable to leave. The border closes at 3:30 for transmigrants.

Mireya at the transmigrant company was very gracious and pleasant to work with.

It was kind of a relief not to leave yesterday. We have been driving for days and it was nice to have a guilt free evening of rest and rejuvenation.

Last night, we ran to town for more oil and had a nice meal at the local Texas Roadhouse Restaurant. (similar to TGIFridays).

This morning we have all our paperwork approved and we are anxiously awaiting the opening of the border.