March 3, 2009

We are more than halfway to the border. In fact, I think tomorrow we cross the border. We are traveling with Judy and Ray Porteous and met up last night with another couple fresh from La Penita, Sandy and Richard. They drove late into the PEMEX, south of Los Mochis, where we slept, had dinner and a movie last night. Sandy and Richard had a long day, driving all of the way from La Penita in the one day. The rest of us had stopped one other night in Matzatlan at Trailer Park California and hiked around the beach area to find an old restaurant that Ray remembered. We managed to get lost from each other and found again as we retired for the night.

The drive up north has been an easy one except for the bit of rough road and close brush overhead on the portion through San Blas until we came back on highway 15. We were not stopped but for one or two of the ag inspection sites and none of the military ones. There is some news that it is unsafe in Mexico and the drug traffic is making problems for the tourists. We think that all of the military seem to be going south for some reason. Is there something going on in the interior? There certainly was a lot of agricultural land….so much corn, especially, (and tomatoes, peppers, Agava, beans, sugar cane, and fruit trees). There were many processing plants for corn and grain elevators. I always enjoy the drive wherever it takes us and I followed the “Bell” travel log that I printed on our way down, with it’s info on topas, statues, numbers on the KLM signs, and even the McDonald’s signs. Porteous’ have been down here many times and know the way around, so again, we followed, putting the fifth wheel of Sandy and Richard between us (as they did not have a CB to keep in contact with us….we told them that we talked about them all of the way from Los Mochis to San Carlos).
Last night at the PEMEX our awning made a cozy shady space to eat and watch the movie outside between our rigs and keep the dust off from the big trucks coming in. The trucks, doing their parking lot ballet, gave us some added entertainment. Tonight we are again in a organized restful RV park on the beach area of San Carlos, at the Totonaka RV park (just up the hill from the one we had stayed in before). We elected to park in a dry camp area so we don’t have to unhook. Our plan is to go to the fine restaurant across the road (the same one that we started this adventure with Shirley, Bob, John and Barb)…..it is a grass palapa on the beach side, remember? I think I will take a beer inspired nap now. We will contact you soon……loves