Zacatecas part 1

Sunday 10 Sept
We are in Zactatecas, at 8,200 ft the second highest city in Mexico, a
great change from the summer heat on the coast, 70´s during the day and
60´s at night... a big storm comes thru every day in the afternoon and
dumps rain then it sprinkles a little every night, like clockwork. We
got here Friday, found a campground in town, a parking space in a fancy
hotels main parking area, kinda weird but the price and location are
hard to beat, a room at the hotel is $140 and our "parking space" is
$15... The town is wonderful, locals have lived here mining silver for
millennia and the Spanish took over in 1548, very Euro, windy streets
and steep steep staircases connect the two hills that surround the
city, there is a aerial tram, gondolas suspended from a cable that
connects the two hills, our camp spot is 50 ft from one end of the tram
way, so we guess our camp spot is approaching 9,000 ft... The town
tumbles down the hillsides, the houses bright colors mix with the
church spires and amazing baroque architecture. We are planning on
staying a few weeks.