There is still quite a lot to do, but it's time to make that trip south again.. I'm thinking that Monday or Tuesday will be the day that I'll be cranking the Green Vulcan to head for the border.. This trip will be a bit different than the others that I've enjoyed so much with my good friends and companions.. On this one, I'll be doing a solo run, for some reasons that are important.. First.. I've been keeping informed about two of my brothers in law in Guad- alajara.. One of them has recently been diagnosed with a cancer that could be terminal for him.. The other was diagnosed with a liver that is destroyed, for some reason.. The doctors tell the fam- ily that he can only be saved by a transplant, which is not promising.. After all that I have shared with these two good men, over the past twenty years, that is indeed sad news to me.. Some of you have met and know these men, and I'd ask for your prayers for them.. Thanks.. Enrique and Pepe will certainly apprec- iate knowing, there are Texans who are thinking of them.. Another reason that I'm making this trip, this way.. has to do with my own decision that it may be the last run of this kind that I'll be making.. maybe.. I'm planning to make this run with plenty of time to see as many of the many friends in Mexico, who I've developed over so many years.. They are scattered throughout the country and will require several side trips off the beaten path.. The Mexican will be flying out on Friday of this coming week and I expect to be in Guadalajara to meet her plane.. In so many ways this will be a reflective and sad trip for us both.. Neither of us are looking forward to it, the way that we have in the past .. Of course, I'll sure be thinking about all the fellow bikers who've made this trip with me, before.. You'll all be asked about by the friends you've also made in Mexico.. Regards to each one of you.. Bill Walker
