Back to Igor

We didn't have to be out of our room until noon, so we went for breakfast around 9:30am and then did some more wandering around in Pachuca. We had seen all the highlights, so weren't really looking for anything in particular.

Christmas outfits.

Scenery along the way.

I couldn't really get a good shot of this wall.

We climbed a hill  for a bit of a view.

Wreaths for sale.

I was getting to the point of needing a haircut, and we passed by a barbershop where the young barber was waiting for customers.

I asked how much (because we have finally learned!) and the price was 120 pesos ($9.20 CAD, $6.50 USD).

Sold!

Getting a trim.

Ruth's view from where she was sitting watching me.

For those who don't know, Ruth and I met in 1983 when she was working as a hairstylist at First Choice Haircutters. So for many, many years, Ruth was the only one who cut my hair. But she no longer has hair cutting equipment, and prefers not to do it anymore anyhow. So I've been paying for a haircut in the many different countries we travel to, and it's always a different experience!

For example, I went to a girl in Spain who charged €10 ($16 CAD, $11.50 USD). And I was in and out of the chair in literally less than five minutes! 

But this guy was really meticulous and it took about 45 minutes. He even shaved the back of my neck with a straight razor, and made an effort to show me that he was unwrapping a brand new blade.

With that done, we rushed back to our room in order to get out by the 12 noon checkout deadline. We had seen everything we wanted to, so walked up to the bus stop where we had to get the collectivo back to Mineral del Chico.

Scenery along the way.

While waiting for the collectivo, we saw the Turibus that we had been on the day before.

There's always something interesting to see.

The collectivo was packed. I think including a few small children, there were 19 people in the van!

Back at Mineral del Chico, the town was also packed with people. Interesting to watch, but we had to somehow get Igor out of where he was parked, and even that was going to be difficult. We decided to just hang around until later in the afternoon and hopefully the traffic would thin out.

We went for a stroll around town, and noticed that traffic to the central area wasn't moving. We went to check out why, and there was a Mazda Miata car club that had arrived in town. They had the entire main street blocked off to parking, but they allowed all of these Mazda Miatas to park there so it must have been arranged in advance.

The Hidalgo Mazda Miata Club!

The central area was very busy!

Mazda Miatas lined up the main road.

Eventually, we decided to make the effort to get Igor out of town. It was pretty tight in spots, with inches to spare on either side! Mineral del Chico is definitely not RV friendly! No way I would take any rig over 20' in here. But, it's certainly worth a visit. 

We had spoken to the local police and asked about somewhere level to park Igor for the night, and the guy made a phone call and pointed us up to a large parking area above town. It hadn't shown up at all on the maps as a parking area, and we think it belongs to a construction company or something. But it's not gated or blocked, and it's totally level with a nice view.

Igor, parked for the night at GPS 20.212484, -98.731736

A couple of vehicles came up in the evening, but one of them was a police car checking on us. He just came up close to us, then drove away.

This morning, we are headed to another nearby mining town called Mineral del Monte... about a half an hour away. We need to get laundry done! It's larger than Mineral del Chico so hopefully there will be a lavandaria.

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