Laredo to Matehuala

The second day we got up, ate our continental breakfast, walked the dogs and hit the road. We crossed the border at the Columbia Solidarity Bridge just outside of Laredo, got the green light both places, and drove 371 miles to Matehuala, in San Luis Potosi state. Anyone who wants details of the border crossing experience and the paperwork involved, just email me at sioux4noff@gmail.com.
Interestingly enough, we met another couple at the border that was traveling to Bucerias. They had been traveling for a couple days having left from Ontario on Thursday.
We took the loop around Monterrey and turned south before Saltillo. You climb up into the mountains for quite a while, but there are no difficult roads. Between Monterrey and Saltillo, we passed quite a few roadside vendors selling strings of huge garlic.
The dogs rode very well today. The both slept some and looked out the windows. We made several walk stops when we stopped for gas. After climbing the mountains, the road is fairly straight and level for a long time. The scenery doesn’t change much.
In Matehuala, we stayed at the Hotel Sol y Luna. It is located on the southern edge of Matehuala between KM 0 and 1. It is a small, family run hotel with maybe 10 rooms. We paid 250 pesos for the night and had a nice large room with 2 double beds and a twin bed. The owner of the hotel and at least one of the employees speaks English. We ate at a restaurant on the square called Santa Fe. It was very good. We were the only non-Mexicans we saw in the area but our limited Spanish got us by. There was another American couple checking into the hotel when we were there.
Along highway 57 in the south part of Matehuala is a factory called Las Sevillanas that makes dulce de leche candy. They also have a factory store selling their products and a cafeteria selling tortas that smelled very good.