Morelia Excursion Day 1

Thursday March 8, 2007

1900 hrs (7:00pm for you nonmilitary folks)- Departure time for Morelia from the tennis courst at ACU

1925 hrs- Still at the tennis courts waiting for people to finish peeing

1934 hrs- Departed for Morelia in our two white vans

2350 hrs- Arrived at the Mexico border. Everyone got out of the vans and got into line to fill out paperwork and get passports stamped

0138 hrs (one hour and forty-eight minutes later, entering Friday March 9, 2007)- Still in line to fill out paperwork and get passports stamped. Apparently you need all driver names on the van documents, so we had to call someone to fax over the paperwork

0200 hrs- Still waiting on the fax

0210 hrs- Explained the game of Mafia.

0220 hrs- Played the game Mafia...darn those killer Brazilians

0232 hrs- Played the game Assassin...Matt killed us with his seizure attacking eye

0241 hrs- Fax came, and we finished our paperwork

0249 hrs- Loaded the vans and finally left!

0301 hrs- Got pulled over. Jack did an illegal U-turn

0314 hrs- Must pull over and get out of the vans to get checked out again

0333 hrs- Trailer door opens incident #1. One bag fell out. Alex thought he was dillusional. Cindi didn't know what to do with the walkie talkies. Andy Dandy gets out to retrieve item after Poppy reverses down the highway to get closer. Item retrieved successfully.

0700 hrs- previous designated time and date for Spring Break Campaign to leave for Morelia

0830ish hrs- Stop at a gas/food place for food and bathroom break. No toilet seat or toilet paper in bathrooms. Motor broke down in Jack's van. Brushed our teeth ghetto style with water bottles out in the street. Jack takes trailer van to see if we can rent another

0905 hrs- ate in The Restuarant. Matt and Tyler left us to go to Mexico City...jerks

1013 hrs- finished eating. Jack is back. We all have to move our stuff to one van so we could fit as many people in to go to the dealership for the other van

1034 hrs- leave to go the dealership in Saltillo

1112 hrs- arrive at dealership

1200 hrs- still waiting at dealership, but being educated watching the Discovery channel in espanol. Jaz needed something out of the trailer, but had difficulty opening it, so Cary came and first had trouble also but later on was able to open it...it was scary though thinking about not being able to access the trailer!

1300 hrs- still waiting at dealership...and yes still being educated

1320 hrs- we got another van and are good to go

1355 hrs- Trailer door opens incident #2. We are in the middle of a busy street in Saltillo at a stop light (yes still in Saltillo). Lady pointed and laughed at us. One bag fell out. Andy Dandy and Janko go through traffic to retrieve item. Item retrieved successfully.

1410 hrs- on the road to Guanajuato

1600 hrs- Jaz needs to pee, but vans were told to keep going

1700 hrs- Jaz really needs to pee, but alas we must keep going

1920 hrs- finally stopped for a restroom break at a gas station supposedly 1 hour away from Guanajuato

(One day has passed...24 hrs later after departing ACU)

2030 hrs- supposed to be in Guanajuato...but not really

2130 hrs- ...still on road

2212 hrs- entering Guanajuato state

2213 hrs- our breaks overheated, smelling like fire plus the combination of urine

2230 hrs- arrived at La Arabadia...the wrong La Arabadia. Mexicans watch us try to turn around the trailer van. Andy Dandy pulled an Andy.

2235 hrs- mexicans still watching us still trying to turn around the trailer van.

2250 hrs- arrived at the correct La Arabadia. Climbed lofts of stairs, went through little hallways all the way to the east wing of hotel for our rooms.