This is good news for travelers like we were. As retired folks we were in no rush. From San Carlos to Los Moches, was about the distance we wanted to make in a day. Perfect. If there are others like us, it will bode well. It also yields an opportunity to take the train from sea level to over 7,000 feet in 8 or 9 hours, with its dozens of tunnels, who said Mexico cannot build things? Oh, and when we traveled to El Fuerte, the roadway east from Los Moches was under reconstruction, nearly the whole way. It must be a very good road now, but back then we stumbled some. Coming off a dirt road through the tiny town called San Blas (no not that one) we saw a paved road ahead, and took it. There was an immediate right turn and the railway overpass. I believe a sign said clearance was 3.4 metros and I knew how tall we were in feet, but not metres, so I chanced it, with barely enough time to stop anyway. We heard a crunch - and did stop, backed out and stopped beside the police station, climbed up to see our AC was the casualty, taped it with duct tape as onlookers watched from the sidelines. No signs were to be seen of course. A caring local lead us to the real exit, farther back. Driving into the American's RV park were five rigs, three of them had roof damage, including my brother's. In fact, he had driven right under, which forced the roof down about an inch where he touched. If we had stopped to check our Pocketmail emails (it was 2004) we would have read the warning put there by our sister in Law! The insurance adjuster made yet another trip to see us, after we were back from Creel.
