On the road.

We got to the Torreon Marriott in record time -- about two and a half hours sooner than Streets and Trips said it would take. They didn't know about the new toll road.

We started out just 15 minutes later than intended -- 6:15.

We went past (but not exactly "through") Zapotlanejo, Racine's sister city,right after leaving Guadalajara.

So far, the scenery is even more beautiful than when we came down.

We went through a city, Aguascalientes, that was much more modern than the cities we're used to. And all the countryside is very clean -- no trash.

The toll roads are amazing. You can go very, very fast. There aren't that many other people on them.

Ross made us breakfast and lunch. Egg salad sandwiches. (We had a lot of eggs left yesterday.) At lunch time, he just pulled over to the side of the road and got the stuff out of the cooler and started making sandwiches. The Green Angels stopped to see if we were okay. So they're not a myth.

The Marriott is beautiful. A little hard to find. It's also expensive. It was the only hotel in town that said they'd take dogs. So I guess it's reasonable when you divide the bill by four.