Good mornng everyone,
Can you believe it? Tomorrow is January 1, 2010. What a great trip we've been having so far. Of course, we've had our ups and downs, mostly on the roads we've travelled so far. The trip from Hermosilla to here was a long drive but worth the time spent on the road.
Villa Celestine is a very small RV park about 75km north of Mazatlan. There are mostly Canadians here who have been coming here for some time. BC, Manitoba and Saskatchewan vehicle plates are the most prevalent. The owner is very friendly and speaks very good English.
Yesterday, Dave, Kelsi, Mike and I went to Mazatlan for the day. We walked around old town Mazatlan, stopped for lunch and ate huge helpings of quesidillas, fajitas and hamburger (that was Dave's choice). It was hot and muggy but still felt great with the sun shining, the touristas and locals all mingling on the narrow streets. Some of the architecture was old and crumbling but a lot had been restored. Mike took pictures with the little camera. It was easier to carry than our bigger one so I suggested he use the small one. I will send pictures when I can download them.
Hola, I´m back from a long delay in getting to a computer to finish up this blog. I´ll add to it instead of starting over.
Today is Friday, January 7th. We´ve been busy relaxing, watching the world go by as the days blur from one to the next. We are sitting here at the internet cafe catching up on our emails so I had to try again to let you know where we are.
We have been in Teacapan for eight days now. Our rv park is on the beach just outside the town. It is a very small park with only about nine rvrs right now. More people are expected on the weekend. We have met some interesting people here. The beach is wonderful. Teacapan is located at the top end of an estuary that is full of salt marshes. The bugs love us. I am not too affected by them but Mike and Kelsi have been eaten alive and lived to tell the tale. Mike broke down and took an antihistamine that really knocked the itch out of the bites. The dog is now free from the hair that was keeping him hot. We took him to Escuinapa yesterday to the vet to clip him. He now looks like a little white skinny rat. We´ve been able to get him in the water too. He´ll follow Mike just about anywhere.
There is no wifi service at the park so we come into town on our scooter which is a lot faster and easier than walking, to use the wifi and visit the pan maker ie the bakery. Boy stay away from them if possible. Everything is sooooo good.
We´re moving on down south next week sometime and we´ll let you know when and where.
Just a short note to Doug Main and family. Our prayers are with you as you deal with Shirra´s illness.
ttfn,
Mave n Mike
Mike and Mavis,
ReplyDeleteShirra passed away jan. 8 . No news about the service yet. Today is Monty's service in Armstrong. Rebecca and I are going. Sounds like you are having a good time. keep it up. Ken
Hi Mike and Mavis
ReplyDeleteSo nice to hear how and where you are doing, and that you are having a good visit with Dave and Kerri. Toops spend Christmas to New Years in Mexico, other coast though, and had a great time. So much so I am beginning to wonder if we can take our kids next year. Lawless will be coming south in March, and will be looking to hook up. We had a really nice visit with them yesterday. Sadly, we met them at Richard Walters funeral - Dave's brother? He died Christmas night in his sleep. That family has had a very difficult few years, there. Hard to believe that Richard is gone, as he was so consistently positive about his life. We hope that you enjoy your time in Mexico. Was it difficult to insure the van? The rest of us stay well, and are enjoying visiting all we can over new years. Did our photos from the trip on ephoto books, which are printed sort of like yearbooks, but sideways. Had so much fun doing them, and they are such nice neat photo albums to show off, unlike my usual scrapbooks. looking forward to your photos.
Lots of Love, LIs