My turn !
This is a lightly edited copy of the e-mail I sent to close friends:
Hi ! Well, the news isn't good. Vickie and I and the trailer are fine, but we were accosted at gunpoint yesterday and our truck was stolen. I'm sorry to say that all the rugs (including ours) were in the back seat along with everything else we carry in the truck. We also had a trailer propane tank in the back (freshly filled). We're in Patzcuaro and are sorting through the paperwork so we can finish up the insurance claim, fly up to Phoenix where we have friends, and buy another truck and have it outfitted to come back and take the trailer back north. If this all completes in time, we will bring it to PV for a breather.
Edit: Our other option, which is maybe looking easier, would be to bus to PV and take WestJet back to our local airport and I have a line on another truck up there for about the same price, minus the hassle of importing it.
We were stopped along the road north on our way to Tzintzuntzan looking at patio furniture when we were approached by 2 men, one of whom had a pistol. He jammed it under my chin and demanded the truck keys, which I handed over. He went to the truck and the second man, whom I think was only pretending to have a gun, since we hadn't seen it, demanded our wallets. We declined and told him to go. They did a U-turn and left. We hailed a collectivo going in the same direction and about a mile down the road were 4 Federale vehicles. We told them what had happened and they took off in both possible directions, but no luck. They took us back to their office to make the report and do the paperwork, then took us to the Ministerio office to file it there. We all went back to their office, did more paperwork, then they took us to Morelia to head office to get all the paperwork filed and stamped. Today the insurance adjuster came by and we filled out forms and now we have to wait for Monday to complete those. We may be several more days before we can look at flights, meanwhile I'm searching on the 'net for another vehicle. It was a big shock to our systems and we're both beginning to feel shaken up, but we're a bit philosophical about it - wrong place, wrong time, nothing more and could have happened in much worse places among people who don't care. The owners here have been great and I know we have made some friends among the present residents.
We have been doing an inventory of what was lost - including I-pod, gps, dash cam, tools, parts, etc, etc. The trailer is set up here in the rv park Villa Patzcuaro, so at least we have a home. Take care, - RYV
Hi ! Well, the news isn't good. Vickie and I and the trailer are fine, but we were accosted at gunpoint yesterday and our truck was stolen. I'm sorry to say that all the rugs (including ours) were in the back seat along with everything else we carry in the truck. We also had a trailer propane tank in the back (freshly filled). We're in Patzcuaro and are sorting through the paperwork so we can finish up the insurance claim, fly up to Phoenix where we have friends, and buy another truck and have it outfitted to come back and take the trailer back north. If this all completes in time, we will bring it to PV for a breather.
Edit: Our other option, which is maybe looking easier, would be to bus to PV and take WestJet back to our local airport and I have a line on another truck up there for about the same price, minus the hassle of importing it.
We were stopped along the road north on our way to Tzintzuntzan looking at patio furniture when we were approached by 2 men, one of whom had a pistol. He jammed it under my chin and demanded the truck keys, which I handed over. He went to the truck and the second man, whom I think was only pretending to have a gun, since we hadn't seen it, demanded our wallets. We declined and told him to go. They did a U-turn and left. We hailed a collectivo going in the same direction and about a mile down the road were 4 Federale vehicles. We told them what had happened and they took off in both possible directions, but no luck. They took us back to their office to make the report and do the paperwork, then took us to the Ministerio office to file it there. We all went back to their office, did more paperwork, then they took us to Morelia to head office to get all the paperwork filed and stamped. Today the insurance adjuster came by and we filled out forms and now we have to wait for Monday to complete those. We may be several more days before we can look at flights, meanwhile I'm searching on the 'net for another vehicle. It was a big shock to our systems and we're both beginning to feel shaken up, but we're a bit philosophical about it - wrong place, wrong time, nothing more and could have happened in much worse places among people who don't care. The owners here have been great and I know we have made some friends among the present residents.
We have been doing an inventory of what was lost - including I-pod, gps, dash cam, tools, parts, etc, etc. The trailer is set up here in the rv park Villa Patzcuaro, so at least we have a home. Take care, - RYV
