The Cousins Mexican Adventure
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Terry A. Brewer
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Jeff
I would be interested in your trailer/5ver peoples opinion of the train ride having to sit in the pick-up or outside during the journey....We only had one fifth wheel on our trip & he sold it & bought a motorhome as soon as he got back into the states.
I would be interested in your trailer/5ver peoples opinion of the train ride having to sit in the pick-up or outside during the journey....We only had one fifth wheel on our trip & he sold it & bought a motorhome as soon as he got back into the states.
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Jeff, Jerry is sitting right here and he agrees - when it's too dark, it's too dark! 
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Jef,
Be carefull going through those tunnels that your dish is down. With your bad luck and experience of losing satelite dishes you don't want to lose this one because Sue told me this is the last toy you will get for a long time ;D ;D ;D
chris
Be carefull going through those tunnels that your dish is down. With your bad luck and experience of losing satelite dishes you don't want to lose this one because Sue told me this is the last toy you will get for a long time ;D ;D ;D
chris
Terry A. Brewer said:
Terry:
One of the 5ers is right behind us and is pulling power from our gen when it is running. They have one marine/rv battery and are freezing by the time we start up in the morning so they jump in the p/u and run the engine to warm up. ;D Art was discussing unhooking the cables and leaving the brakes off this afternoon. It has been nice enough that they have been sitting outside after 1:00PM or so. We have three 5ers and three Airstreams that have the front wrap around picture windows and seem to work great.
chrpennings said:
Chris:
Every morning everyone who uses our router calls to make sure I am awake and the dish is down as soon as they hear the locomotive. ;D
Terry:
Pat & Alice are really getting used to having WIFI available. ;D They will be ready for yours next year. We are at Divisadero and I still have a signal strength of 89 with 256k 4/5 from 83W.
Day 8 - The Canyon
We pulled out of Creel this morning at 9:00AM for the climb to the highest point on the route and another crossing of the Continental Divide. As we left Creel Hex Hoechstenbach, our Tailgunner took the photo showing our entire train. We are the first white RV with the brown CRV in tow near the beginning of the train. The route immediately starts climbing and passing through several tunnels including one that makes a complete loop.
In the mountains meeting Indian children waiting for the train to wave hello is an everyday event. We also met a passenger train pulled over waiting for us to pass and caught up with the Tracks to Adventure group at Divisadero that we had met earlier in Chihuahua. Our locomotive switched us onto the siding alongside them and then took them on to the next day's destination.
Divisadero is not a town as such but a railroad station that is access to the junction of three of the four canyons that make up Copper Canyon.
The name Copper Canyon comes from the color of the rock walls, not the presence of any copper. It was our first spectacular view from the top rim of the canyon almost 7,000 feet above the floor at this point. It also was the last opportunity to purchase the reed baskets the Tarahumara Indians are known for so we all were making final selections.
We spent the afternoon visiting various spots along the rim and spent a couple of hours at the Mansion Tarahumara Hotel including dinner before returning to the train for an early night. We are planning on hiking the rim in the morning for a view of the Barrancas Canyon before departing at noon for Bahuichivo further down the Canyon.
Miles Driven: 0
Fuel: 0
Expenses:
Baskets and Gifts: $35.00
We pulled out of Creel this morning at 9:00AM for the climb to the highest point on the route and another crossing of the Continental Divide. As we left Creel Hex Hoechstenbach, our Tailgunner took the photo showing our entire train. We are the first white RV with the brown CRV in tow near the beginning of the train. The route immediately starts climbing and passing through several tunnels including one that makes a complete loop.
In the mountains meeting Indian children waiting for the train to wave hello is an everyday event. We also met a passenger train pulled over waiting for us to pass and caught up with the Tracks to Adventure group at Divisadero that we had met earlier in Chihuahua. Our locomotive switched us onto the siding alongside them and then took them on to the next day's destination.
Divisadero is not a town as such but a railroad station that is access to the junction of three of the four canyons that make up Copper Canyon.
The name Copper Canyon comes from the color of the rock walls, not the presence of any copper. It was our first spectacular view from the top rim of the canyon almost 7,000 feet above the floor at this point. It also was the last opportunity to purchase the reed baskets the Tarahumara Indians are known for so we all were making final selections.
We spent the afternoon visiting various spots along the rim and spent a couple of hours at the Mansion Tarahumara Hotel including dinner before returning to the train for an early night. We are planning on hiking the rim in the morning for a view of the Barrancas Canyon before departing at noon for Bahuichivo further down the Canyon.
Miles Driven: 0
Fuel: 0
Expenses:
Baskets and Gifts: $35.00
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Ron from Big D
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Awsome canyon Jeff. Let's play golf there. :
Terry A. Brewer
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Jeff
>>We are at Divisadero and I still have a signal strength of 89 with 256k 4/5 from 83W<<
We lost our signal at Los Mochas & regained it at Mulege on 99W....Next year we will have it everywhere as we change to Sat Mex 5/6.
You can see our motorhome in the pic below by the Divisidero sign with the dish up, taken from the canyon hike.
>>We are at Divisadero and I still have a signal strength of 89 with 256k 4/5 from 83W<<
We lost our signal at Los Mochas & regained it at Mulege on 99W....Next year we will have it everywhere as we change to Sat Mex 5/6.
You can see our motorhome in the pic below by the Divisidero sign with the dish up, taken from the canyon hike.
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Day 9 - Side tracked
What a day!
The plan for the day: Get up and accompany our wagon masters Pat and Alice on a hike up to the Canyon rim for a spectacular view of Davisidareo, depart for Bahuichivo at noon for a 2:30PM arrival and a bus tour of a Mission, Indian girl's boarding school and dinner at the local hotel and return to the train around 7:30PM for a good night's rest before departing for an 11 hour trip Tuesday to our train debarkation point, Los Mochis.
The hike went fine until 3/4ths of the way up to the canyon rim when I stopped to take photos and realised I had left the camera battery in the charger in the motorhome and the spare in our backpack in the same place! Luckily another couple had another model Panasonic that used the same battery and had their spare.
We returned and departed Davisidareo at noon and made it about two miles before pulling over to a siding to await a faster moving passenger train. (All trains move faster than our flatcars loaded with RVs). As soon as that train passed we moved another 10 miles or so to Areponapuchic and pulled over there to await two more passenger trains. While sitting in the station the women got their final chance to buy the baskets made by the local canyon Indian women so it wasn't a wasted half hour.
We departed Areponapuchic, traveled another 7-8 miles and got pulled over again, this time for another hour and a half for three more trains! By then the weather had turned warn and sunny, everyone was outside, and the parties began. The group at the front of the train were having a beer bust, we were on wine and cheese, and a margarita party was in full swing to the rear of the group. Also on the rear of the train a card game was hotly contested. The passengers on the other trains were waving and cheering as they slowly passed; they missed a great time!
When we did arrive in Bahuichivo we piled into a bus for a 40 minute ride down the canyon to the mission established in the early 1600s and the Indian girls boarding school next door. Some of the students come from as far away as Los Mochis, a 50 mile trip.
Dinner was another quiet affair and we returned to the train and called it a night!
While a two and a half hour delay might daunt some, not us! We had such a good time we stayed outside for the rest of the afternoon and enjoyed the camaraderie and scenery when we finally got under way.
Miles Driven: 0
Fuel:0
Expenses:
Baskets: 20.00
Gifts: 35.00
What a day!
The plan for the day: Get up and accompany our wagon masters Pat and Alice on a hike up to the Canyon rim for a spectacular view of Davisidareo, depart for Bahuichivo at noon for a 2:30PM arrival and a bus tour of a Mission, Indian girl's boarding school and dinner at the local hotel and return to the train around 7:30PM for a good night's rest before departing for an 11 hour trip Tuesday to our train debarkation point, Los Mochis.
The hike went fine until 3/4ths of the way up to the canyon rim when I stopped to take photos and realised I had left the camera battery in the charger in the motorhome and the spare in our backpack in the same place! Luckily another couple had another model Panasonic that used the same battery and had their spare.
We returned and departed Davisidareo at noon and made it about two miles before pulling over to a siding to await a faster moving passenger train. (All trains move faster than our flatcars loaded with RVs). As soon as that train passed we moved another 10 miles or so to Areponapuchic and pulled over there to await two more passenger trains. While sitting in the station the women got their final chance to buy the baskets made by the local canyon Indian women so it wasn't a wasted half hour.
We departed Areponapuchic, traveled another 7-8 miles and got pulled over again, this time for another hour and a half for three more trains! By then the weather had turned warn and sunny, everyone was outside, and the parties began. The group at the front of the train were having a beer bust, we were on wine and cheese, and a margarita party was in full swing to the rear of the group. Also on the rear of the train a card game was hotly contested. The passengers on the other trains were waving and cheering as they slowly passed; they missed a great time!
When we did arrive in Bahuichivo we piled into a bus for a 40 minute ride down the canyon to the mission established in the early 1600s and the Indian girls boarding school next door. Some of the students come from as far away as Los Mochis, a 50 mile trip.
Dinner was another quiet affair and we returned to the train and called it a night!
While a two and a half hour delay might daunt some, not us! We had such a good time we stayed outside for the rest of the afternoon and enjoyed the camaraderie and scenery when we finally got under way.
Miles Driven: 0
Fuel:0
Expenses:
Baskets: 20.00
Gifts: 35.00
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Oh Jeff,
You are binging back the best memories. This is indeed a trip of a lifetime! Glad you are having fun.
Betty
You are binging back the best memories. This is indeed a trip of a lifetime! Glad you are having fun.
Betty
ArdraF
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Betty took the words right out of my mouth!
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Day 10 Los Mochias - End of the Track
Another fantastic day! We started out the morning in the mountains and canyon and are now 25 miles from the coast. We wound our way down the canyon and crossed the Sonoran desert in a long day's travel, 12 hours of almost continuous movement.
Today was testament to the engineering marvel this railroad really is. It took 100 years to complete but is still a magnificent feat. We passed through the last of the 82 tunnels today including one 3/4 of a mile long that makes a 180 degree turn underground and another that is over a mile long. If you look closely you can see three levels of track in the photo. We started on the upper level, used the horseshoe tunnel to reach the second, and circled on the trestle to finally reach the canyon floor and the way out of the canyon. We started the day at almost 7,000 feet above sea level and ended up 25' MSL.
The Memorial to this engineering accomplishment is on a hillside above this valley and if you look closely you can make out the real locomotive sticking out from the mountain.
After leaving the canyon we traveled several hours across the rest of the State of Chihuahua and into Sinaloa much of which was covered with beautiful flowering shrubs and trees and several varieties of Cacti. later in the afternoon the landscape changed again into extremely large irrigated farming areas growing corn, marigolds, and winter vegtables.
We pulled into Los Mochias and sat long enough to jump off the train and socialize for an hour or so until the yard engineer showed up to switch us to the unloading docks. We will spend the night here and unload early in the morning and head down the coast to Guasave for three days.
Fantastic week!
Miles Driven: 0
Fuel: 0
Expenses: $0.00
Another fantastic day! We started out the morning in the mountains and canyon and are now 25 miles from the coast. We wound our way down the canyon and crossed the Sonoran desert in a long day's travel, 12 hours of almost continuous movement.
Today was testament to the engineering marvel this railroad really is. It took 100 years to complete but is still a magnificent feat. We passed through the last of the 82 tunnels today including one 3/4 of a mile long that makes a 180 degree turn underground and another that is over a mile long. If you look closely you can see three levels of track in the photo. We started on the upper level, used the horseshoe tunnel to reach the second, and circled on the trestle to finally reach the canyon floor and the way out of the canyon. We started the day at almost 7,000 feet above sea level and ended up 25' MSL.
The Memorial to this engineering accomplishment is on a hillside above this valley and if you look closely you can make out the real locomotive sticking out from the mountain.
After leaving the canyon we traveled several hours across the rest of the State of Chihuahua and into Sinaloa much of which was covered with beautiful flowering shrubs and trees and several varieties of Cacti. later in the afternoon the landscape changed again into extremely large irrigated farming areas growing corn, marigolds, and winter vegtables.
We pulled into Los Mochias and sat long enough to jump off the train and socialize for an hour or so until the yard engineer showed up to switch us to the unloading docks. We will spend the night here and unload early in the morning and head down the coast to Guasave for three days.
Fantastic week!
Miles Driven: 0
Fuel: 0
Expenses: $0.00
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Jeff,
Great pictures! Thanks, you're doing a very nice job. Ardra and I are really enjoying your commentary and photos because we took the Copper Canyon train trip a few years ago and it's nice to see the sights again.
JerryF
Great pictures! Thanks, you're doing a very nice job. Ardra and I are really enjoying your commentary and photos because we took the Copper Canyon train trip a few years ago and it's nice to see the sights again.
JerryF
Um... I don't think that is a prickly pear cactus.
