Sherman's parts have arrived in Mexico!

I ordered the parts on Friday morning at around 11:30am. Amazon Mexico's system said the parts would arrive in two to four business days, with a guarantee they would be here by Thursday March 15th.

With a weekend in between, I thought that was pretty good, but figured on Thursday being the day. This morning, I checked the shipment tracking, and they have already arrived in Mexico City!

For some odd reason, they split the shipment. One ball joint is coming from Florida, while the other ball joint and the tie rod end and sleeve came from Baltimore. Strange. Both ball joints are the same part number. No idea.

Anyhow, both shipments must have made their way on to the same plane because they both show arrival in Mexico City at the same time...

This is the order that shipped from Florida.

Both orders show the same Louisville, KY departure and Mexico City arrival. Despite one originating in Florida, and the other in Baltimore.

Anyhow, we will be very happy if they arrive tomorrow!

Yesterday morning, Ruth baked some bread. Nothing like the smell of fresh baked bread wafting through the motorhome. When that was done, we had to go find a mechanic. No point in having parts without someone to do the job.

I had seen a nice looking mechanic shop out on the main road, so we walked over there. They just do cars, but they should be able to point us in the right direction if they're not interested in the job.

The owner Eligio was in his office. I had taken photos of Sherman and his problem, and I explained in Spanish what needed to be done. Then, Eligio says in English "let me see your phone", so he could have a better look at the photos. Turns out that Eligio's English is perhaps slightly better than our Spanish! Either way, we were able to communicate with a mixture of the two.

I explained that we hoped to have the parts by Wednesday, and he said "why don't I come over tomorrow (Tuesday), and take it all apart so that when we have the parts we just need to put it back together". 

Makes sense to us!

So that's what is going to happen. I'm going over to the mechanic shop at 11:00am this morning and Eligio will bring his tools back to Sherman. The shop is nice and close, less than 1 km (half a mile or so) away.

If everything goes perfectly, we should be on the road Thursday, or Friday at the latest.

And in that case, we will be catching up to the caravan group in Melaque, so we can take a bit of a different route to get there. That route will include a stop at Valle de Juarez so that we can have a quick visit with friends there and see how Whiskey's tree is doing. (Whiskey was our dog. She passed away in 2011 while we were in Mexico, and we planted a tree in the spot she is buried).

Anyhow, it looks like things are coming together.

After talking with the mechanic, we walked to the nearby Bodega Aurrera (owned by Walmart) and did some grocery shopping.

Then back home for some lunch.

Sandwiches made with fresh baked gluten free bread.

 Ruth, with our buddy next door. 

He likes apples.

When we were at the Bodega Aurerra, I bought a bottle of Canadian Whiskey. "Grand Grizzly". Made in Canada and imported to Mexico. 

Cost in Mexico? 109 pesos ($7.75 CAD, $6.00 USD) for a 750 ml bottle.

Now you know how much tax you pay on a bottle of booze in Canada. 

Me, with my bottle of Grand Grizzly Canadian Whisky.

It's pretty good. I might have to buy another before we leave here!

Not sure what else is on the agenda for today, but the priority is obviously Sherman's repairs. 

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