Out of the Blue - Feeling HOT HOT HOT

 Happy Saturday Amigos!

Finca Ixobel in Poptun, Guatemala was a mecca for bird nerds like us. We woke this morning to one building a nest on the window ledge, right outside our room! The one surefire way for my hubby to start the day off right, is with coffee and bird nerding. We accomplished both this morning. The Finca kitchen sent us on the road with our travel mugs full of hot coffee and a bag of fresh banana bread. Clearly, they knew the way to my heart! 

Toucan Sam hanging out at Finca Ixobel

We hit the road with a plan of driving to a little town close to the Guatemala / Mexico border and spending the night there. That would allow us a little time to enjoy coffee and cross first thing in the morning. As it turned out, there was very little traffic and Ole Dolly was feeling her Taylor Swift era, so on we went. 

Beautiful views along the way

   

 Much of the road through this part of Guatemala was   really good. Mountainous and winding in places but fairly new with minimal transports on a Saturday, not what we were expecting.     

We knew we were close to the border ( trust me there are signs), but we did not realize we were nearly over it until we saw the little buildings. So much for washing the truck first. Ok...lets think about this, are we prepared? I know you are not going to believe this (LOL), but I had the file folders of necessary documents, in chronological order. We were stamped out of Guatemala in a flash. Since Doomie was feeling sad that nobody cared about her plates, in Guatemala, we gave her a special treat, a fumigation. By fumigation, I mean a tent where a small nozzle spit a drop of something on her side. Neither of us could ascertain if anything actually happened, so we side eyed each other and made the executive decision to continue on. The mandatory, albeit disappointing, fumigation date required payment, our passports needed stamped, Dolly got a frisking and her temporary import documents and we were off! Or so I thought, one of the officers took a liking to a dive knife his staff had found in Steph's gear and wanted to buy it. We gave him the piece of gear, as a gift and moseyed on our way. Toodle-ooo. 

Did I mention it was hot today? I mean the type of day that the sweat rolls down your forehead and into your eyes before you can catch it. It was approximately 38C when we arrived in Tenosique. You would think we are used to the heat, but this is much drier than the beach weather we have been enjoying. 

Doomie aka Dolly with her main squeeze

We were happy to pull into our Auto Hotel tonight. Seriously, this is the best concept I have witnessed on our trip! You pull your vehicle in to your own garage and close the door. Your hotel room door is in your garage. We were slightly timid backing the ole Tundra in, but she obliged and we are happy to be settled in with AC and television for the night. We are both a bit excited for tomorrow's location. We plan to spend a couple of days there.