A HUGE THANKS TO OUR GREAT FRIENDS

After countless nights of horrible sleep, flat tires, dozens of police check points, and hours of driving. We woke this morning frustrated, tired, and with millions of bug bites. We drove into the city of Oaxaca to spend the day seeing what there is to see. When I checked my email I found that we had recieved some donations, and felt instantly loved, relieved, and with a renewed hope to get this car and us home. Thank you mucho mucho mucho to those friends of ours who have and are planning on donating. Another huge thanks to Nic Hogan for his second donation, youre a good friend, we all thank you, and cant wait to see your smilling face upon returning.
As we hit the boarder of Mexico we relized that we had made a huge error in reading the permit that ryan had obtained 10 months ago. you see we had left Guatemala thinking that the original permit was good for a year, and that we would have no trouble gettting into Mexico with out the title. Come to find out mexico and the rest of the world excluding the USA switch the day and the month when printing dates on documents, so in all actuallity the permit was only good for 190 days. So once again we were sitting outside the boarder defeated. If not for Ryan and his very diplomatic way of dealing with boarder gaurds we would of had to give up and leave the car in Guatemala. He pursuaded the gaurd to let us buy him dinner, and in return grant us a permit to enter the country with the car.
After driving all day we decided to stop at the ocean, where shawny and Ryan swam, and I had great conversations with some of the local drunks who couldnt believe that they were swimming at night. We returned the next morning and swam for hours, getting tossed and turned in the waves, and gaining back a little sanity. One thing someone should know when planning on driving through the whole country of mexico, is that you may go insane, youll get tired and want to be anywhere else, and then with in seconds you will see, hear, or experience something that will snap you out of the insanity and truley reveal the beauty of this country.
We looked at a map of all of North and Central America this morning while having a flat tire fixed, and realized that we havent even made it half way back. Making it back all in one piece with the car and all our stuff feels overwelming to say the least. Were optimistic though and feel confident that we have the abilitys and stamina to complete this wild journey.
Thanks again for all your support, keep us in your prayers and thoughts, and we´ll do the same. Ill try to get some pics up next post so hit it back.