Did a little more exploring in Austin before heading South. Camille and I explored Hamilton Pool. I've been a couple times before but never with a geology enthusiast, which allowed for a cool new perspective of the area. Never noticed how the entire place was covered in fossils!
Then we stopped at Jester King Brewery. They make really tasty farmhouse beers and they had live music and outdoor games. We also did the tour which was really interesting and educational.
Then we drove to Mexico! We thought the border crossing would be straightforward but we were proven wrong immediately. We drove through a couple checkpoints where we were waived by without stopping. Then suddenly we were in Mexico... No passport check, no car inspection, just free to drive in Mexico... We were very confused. We followed some obscure signs, asked a few people and finally found our way to the vehicle permit office where they eventually charged us a bunch of fees, stamped our passports and gave us a permit for our car. Sigh of relief.
Then while driving away from the permit office I gave half of my carrot to a guy selling newspapers and he called himself a rabbit.
Then we got to Potrero Chico!
We are staying at La Posada, the most popular camping spot for climbers, as you can see in this photo of the communal kitchen. At the camp it doesn't feel like we are in Mexico because everyone speaks English. But it's a lot of fun meeting all sorts of people from all over the world.
The climbing so far has been really fun. Just single pitch routes at the moment, but hopefully we'll climb something really tall soon.
More to come soon!
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