We are here at our final destination - Lo de Marcos, Nayarit, Mexico . . . it all feels so familiar. It took us three days from the USA border to get here - some of it good, some not so good. Last time we were here we said our 5th wheel was too big and that we would not be bringing it back to Mexico . . . but here we are again! The worst part, in my humble opinion, is the long and winding hell - I mean hill, from Tepic to Las Varas. It's about 70 kms I think of narrow, twisting road with little or no shoulders. And, unknown to us, this was a long weekend in Mexico - so we were travelling against all the traffic returning to Guadalajara from a long weekend at the ocean. I don't have any pictures of the "hill" - as I was too busy hanging on for dear life to snap a photo.
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| Beginning the descent out of Tepic |
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Loaded with sugar cane!
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When we got to an area where we could stop, we pulled into a roadside restaurant for something to eat and take a little break. This little spot looked fine - but there was no menu, and the young girl who was waiting tables spoke no English at all. We thought we were getting something with chicken (chicken tacos perhaps) and knew for sure we had a coke and fresca to drink, but other than that it was anyone's guess. As it turned out, we each received a bowl of beef soup and a tortilla.
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| Mystery soup |
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| Wash station outside the bathroom |
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| Free range rooster . . . |
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| wood fired oven - so they must have been doing some kind of baking here - ? bread, pizza perhaps? |
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We asked for "la cuenta, por favor" - it came to $140 pesos!! That's equivalent to about $12 Cdn Dollars - we have noticed things have gone up in Mexico - but that much???? As we left, we wondered if we had more food coming that we missed out on, or if that's the price when you pull up in a big rig . . . whatever it was, we paid WAY too much for soup and a pop!! But, again, an experience and the atmosphere was truly Mexican!
Back on the road, and within a couple of hours we were setting up the patio for one of many Happy Hours at Cruz Maria RV Resort.
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| Tuesday morning at the panaderia! |
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| Getting our days supply of bollos |
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| The zoccola in the plaza is still the same . . . |
On Wednesday morning, Arturo went to play baseball, I walked Kipper up the hill to the other beach, and it all was very de ja vu -ish! Kind of like the movie Ground Hog Day - just the same as many other days down here. For us it's all good - but I wonder about the local people sometime - it just never changes for them. Well, almost never - this little palapa and sitting area was built since last time we were here - it's a beautiful spot to watch the birds, turtles and maybe even a crocodile in the swamp.
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| New palapa on the beach road |
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| The Kokanee Ranger - Mexican style |
Looking forward to our first Saturday Taco night tomorrow . . . yum, yum, I have been waiting for months!
Hasta Luego - Arturo y de Beeb
1 comment:
Finally got to your blog and we were glad to read that you made it safe and sound. Enjoy your time as the days seem to go by so much faster when the temperatures are +30 as opposed to -30.
Cheers,
P & Z
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