2026 Mexico Trip Track-1

Track-1

Track-1 is a traditional Church/youth group Mexico trip. We’ll drive down in 15-passenger vans. We’ll sleep in churches for free, and it will be SO MUCH FUN!

• The estimated cost for Track-1 (BEFORE FUNDRAISING) is $750

  • Madison Church will be fund-raising for HS and Jr. High Students so that we can lower this cost for them.

• you don’t have* to be a teenager to travel in Track-1. You’re welcome to join track-1 at any age!

  • some have expressed interest in caravaning down with us. We can certainly do that - but it would essentially be a track-2 trip for you (because you’d be paying for your own travel (gas, vehicle), and you would pay a track-2 (lower) price.

• Track 1 travelers will need to pay for approximately 8 fast-food meals and their own van snacks

• Track 1 travelers will be sleeping on Church floors or pews for 4 nights. you can bring a cot or camping air mat with you

Daily Itinerary

• Tuesday, May 26 - Madison Church departs Church in early afternoon. Picks up other Iowans on our way through, and arrives at Countryside Christian Church (Kearney, NE) to eat supper and sleep

• Wednesday, May 27 - drive from Kearney to Gallup NM (sleep in a Church)

• Thursday, May 28 - drive to Phoenix, switch vans, Drive to Puerto Penasco, Mexico (we’ll stop at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the way there)

• Friday, May 29 - workday #1

• Saturday, May 30 - workday #2

• Sunday, May 31 - worship at a local Church before work starts, then workday #3 - end the day at the beach (Gulf of California)

• Monday, June 1 - Drive from Puerto Penasco to Slide Rock State Park, AZ, then on to Mather Campground on the south rim of the Grand Canyon

• Tuesday, June 2 - Grand Canyon day, South Kaibab trail (to Ooh Aah Point and even Cedar Ridge if you’re ambitious) and Desert View Watchtower

• Wednesday, June 3 - drive to Glenwood Springs, CO (with a quick stop at Monument Valley in Utah to take pictures)

• Thursday, June 4 - drive home (arrive late in the evening)

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