Sunday December 21, 2008
Eight quads and a wild time is a good description of yesterday. We left early. Four quads had girl spouses riding double, me being one. We drove back into the park just before dark as dirty as I have ever seen anyone. I had bare feet so I could easily wash off the dirt. The water shoes that I had brought were stowed in the back cubby with the beer on our quad (on generous loan from Lewis’), and we all wore scarves or masks in order not to breathe all of the dust. My shoes were only to be retrieved to climb up steep hills or eat lunch at the beach restaurant in Lo de Marcos. Lo de Marcos is many miles south on back roads, through agricultural farms growing sugar cane, pineapple and beans for frijoles. Driving the back way, we splashed through rivers and irrigation water deep on the road, followed a river weaving in and out of the water, and then climbed hills. It was mostly pretty level roads of topes, ruts, farm roads, and cobblestone in the towns. The quads did an amazing job of smoothing out the bumps. The view from the highest place was extraordinary and we spent a bit of time just looking out over the farm land, jungle, and mountains. We tried some impossible things with the quads, like climbing a bank with a berm that tips over rigs and Shirley and Bob went over once, then once again with Shirley driving and Bob pushing. Shirley hurt her wrist, but seems all right otherwise. I chose to walk up the hill alone when each of them tried to ride up the bank (up stream further) and Murrey’s quad tipped over on top of him. He was alright too with some stiff muscles and sore neck the next day. We would not have had to do that if someone had not put a fence wire across the river we were riding up. What a ride!! We watched Brahma cattle, goat families with kids, farmers cutting pineapple and using a machette, and families cooking outside, and washing clothes in the river. It was an exciting day and we covered a lot of ground, looking at the way it is in Mexico. It was fun to have Donna and George with us on their quad as they will be host and hostess to the kids next week at the Hacienda on the Beach.
This morning we had breakfast with Santa and our pictures taken with him up at the pool. There are groups of Mexican kids that have been coming to La Penita RV celebrations for several generations and the people in the park have watched them grow up.
Eight quads and a wild time is a good description of yesterday. We left early. Four quads had girl spouses riding double, me being one. We drove back into the park just before dark as dirty as I have ever seen anyone. I had bare feet so I could easily wash off the dirt. The water shoes that I had brought were stowed in the back cubby with the beer on our quad (on generous loan from Lewis’), and we all wore scarves or masks in order not to breathe all of the dust. My shoes were only to be retrieved to climb up steep hills or eat lunch at the beach restaurant in Lo de Marcos. Lo de Marcos is many miles south on back roads, through agricultural farms growing sugar cane, pineapple and beans for frijoles. Driving the back way, we splashed through rivers and irrigation water deep on the road, followed a river weaving in and out of the water, and then climbed hills. It was mostly pretty level roads of topes, ruts, farm roads, and cobblestone in the towns. The quads did an amazing job of smoothing out the bumps. The view from the highest place was extraordinary and we spent a bit of time just looking out over the farm land, jungle, and mountains. We tried some impossible things with the quads, like climbing a bank with a berm that tips over rigs and Shirley and Bob went over once, then once again with Shirley driving and Bob pushing. Shirley hurt her wrist, but seems all right otherwise. I chose to walk up the hill alone when each of them tried to ride up the bank (up stream further) and Murrey’s quad tipped over on top of him. He was alright too with some stiff muscles and sore neck the next day. We would not have had to do that if someone had not put a fence wire across the river we were riding up. What a ride!! We watched Brahma cattle, goat families with kids, farmers cutting pineapple and using a machette, and families cooking outside, and washing clothes in the river. It was an exciting day and we covered a lot of ground, looking at the way it is in Mexico. It was fun to have Donna and George with us on their quad as they will be host and hostess to the kids next week at the Hacienda on the Beach.
This morning we had breakfast with Santa and our pictures taken with him up at the pool. There are groups of Mexican kids that have been coming to La Penita RV celebrations for several generations and the people in the park have watched them grow up.
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