I just came back from El Salto on Friday, and while everyone has to assess their own level of risk-tolerance, it seemed to me that the Mexicans are taking COVID more seriously than most Americans.

Sugar Lake is right in your backyard, best lake on the planet if you don't mind the Zeta/Gulf conflict.

I have friends that just returned from Playa, said the resorts are business as usual and the folks down there are all crazy diligent about COVID protocols. Just as said above, they are doing a much better job than we are... if we could have a cop jump out of the back of a Toyota pickup and start hitting people with a nightstick that weren’t wearing a mask I’d bet we’d be doing better too!!

I am wayyyyy to fair skinned and don’t speak nearly enough Spanish to ever consider driving through Mexico. If I were Hispanic maybe... but a white boy? NO WAY! A few of our yard workers that go back to Mexico a few times a year were robbed at gun point their last trip down... as a result they aren’t going back home for Christmas. That should tell you all you need to know, the guys that grew up there won’t go right now.

I’ve made the drive from Roma to Mazatlan twice. I’ve made the trip from Roma to the Monterrey airport a dozen or more times. That first 20 miles will make the ol’ butt pucker. When traveling to the airport I go with people that are from the area. I’ve never had a problem, much less seen anything. Now, am I so naive or dense to think that there isn’t stuff going on? No. I suppose it’s a risk I’m willing to take.

I’ll be back at the end of December and again during March. I’ll let y’all know how it goes. Fishing picked up the last evening I was there—go figure.