Okay, so I was wrong...

Some of the few, the proud, the folks with bigger SUVs -- decided to take us out anyway. We went to a place called "Viva Mexico" where there was a cultural show of dancers, mariachis, lasso twirler guys, and a really funny comedian that dragged one of our American guys on stage and had him dance. He was a great sport -- so much so that since I captured it all on video, I have promised that what happens in Juarez, stays in Juarez. (I could see it coming with the show and hid behind the table.)

We conducted the training on Friday and headed for El Paso. This border crossing took about an hour and a half to get to the border, but once we did it was pretty easy to get across. We have to remember to stop at an extra location to get stamped for our final departure. We had planned to go to one of the most famous Steak houses in the US, but the interstate was closed due to flooding. Our second choice had flooded twice (although according to the only guy at the restaurant -- he was cleaning -- we could make it there, just there would be nothing to serve). Our third choice was a seafood place a mile away -- and it was really good.

The next morning I met my boss at the airport and we headed across the border after grabbing a couple items at the local mall. I found out later that today was a tax free shopping day which explains why we literally had to park over a mile away. The border was relatively easy to cross again. (We saw someone else struggling through the situation where they had not been stamped). We had gotten the right insurance for the Mexican government -- but we had to stop and get a permit, go through 2 tolls and a military checkpoint to get through to Chihuahua.

Since this was the desert, there were only two times that it rained so hard we had to turn on the emergency blinkers and slow to about 30 mph. The rest of the time it just drizzled. I will say that time seems to go faster with kph over mph. The numbers count down much quicker.

We met one of our colleagues for dinner -- I had the best meal so far, a pepper stuffed with meat, potatoes, grapes, and almonds and it had a white gravy with pomegranite seeds. Chihuahua is a really beautiful city.

Here are a couple of images from the weather forecast.