On the Saturday we started our trip we met our host at a Sorianna (grocery store chain) in Monterrey. We arrived well before Everardo did, so we did what any two guys who had just spent their first ten hours of a road trip cooped up inside a small car - we tailgated.
On Canada day we had purchased a couple of folding chairs and worked on the car. Each of the chairs came with a six pack, so we worked on those, too.
Roberto, my mechanic, came over to help out. He installed the faulty part (not his fault) that would eventually need to be changed and replaced while we were en route to Monterrey. This part would also cost us all the cash we had on us and therefore we wouldn't have any money for food along the way.
But it was Canada day, we had new chairs, and none of this had happened yet. We were content.
When we arrived in Monterrey, which is a frighteningly large city, we went straight for the AC inside the grocery store. Then, we just stood there for a while. There was food, it was cool, and the sound of wind rushing past our ears had started to fade.
There was not leaving this place. Not for a while.
We picked out all the essentials; two bananas, bag of chips, Gatorade, apple strudels, carrot cake, and lots and lots of cash.
The only we didn't get through was the cash. The rest we ate while sitting in our folding chairs and watching the locals watch us. Two guys who clearly don't know what they're doing.
Everado showed up, smirked, and raised his eyebrow. He didn't even ask if we were the right guys.
We clearly were.
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