The Great Overland Road Trip May 20 through June 1, 2010
All photos copyright 2010 by Bill Baio. All rights reserved.
I wanted a little adventure and a new pick up truck. I wanted a "Cowboy Cadillac", a 2003 F250 Extended Cab short bed Power Stroke Diesel. I bought it in Fredericksberg Virginia at Woodyard Auto Sales. I took it to Bill Hewitt of Power Stroke Help in Buford Georgia. Bill gave the truck a thorough going over including a Raycor water seperator fuel filter added to the existing fuel filters. I picked up my friend and navigator Glenn Lee in Fort Lauderdale on the morning of the 20th of May. The adventure began an finally concluded June 1, 2010 in Panama
The trip begins in Hollywood Florida with good byes to my daughter Michele an my grandson Zach
This is a Bucee's next to a Walmart in Texas. A really neat store.
Some of the neat cast iron stuff they sell.
Yep, free samples too! Good Eats.
Glenn standing by a bear
Rest spot in Mexico
A bridge in Mexico
Rugged scenery
A trapiche to make mash from cooked agave hearts
The still makes mescal (White Lightning for you Gringos)
This is the smoothest hooch I ever tasted
Tacos al pastor on our last night in Mexico
The Guatamalen border
Hotel Virginia Guatemala
A Queen Crepe Myrtle in Guatamala
A tunnel cut through a hill on the beach route through El Salvador
A Royal Poinciana in bloom in El Salvador
Rainy day in El Salvador
The water came pouring out
This was the end of the beach route, We had to go back to San Salvador
The donut girl of San Salvador
Finally got her to smile
Pupusas! A Salvadorian treat!
Here is Sarah the chef
Granada, Nicaragua
Old church in Granada
Hotel rooms to the right
Lots of art on display at the Hotel Granada
It took about six hours to get through the Costa Rican border. Playa Jaco was the stopping point. We cleared Panama at around 4:30 in the afternoon on June 1, 2010.