Welcome to Lo de Marcos

     Mike, Dave, Kelsi and I arrived in Lo de Marcos on Thursday afternoon after leaving Teacapan about 8:30 in the morning.  It was an interesting drive and the tolls were the most expensive yet that we had to pay.  We paid about 25.00 dollars Can. at the first toll and not that far down the road we paid about 10.00 Can.  Just before the next toll booth we turned right and took the free road all the way to San Blas.  The free roads are not the best roads to be driving, mainly because they are narrow, with no shoulders and lots of pot holes.  They also go through lots of small towns and villages which slows you down and are fraught with topas or as we call them at home; speed bumps.  At the biggest topa you can often find someone who wants to sell you something.  One small town had ladies waiting to sell you large containers of fresh, sliced fruit.  We early on learned from Kelsi the term no neciceto, gracias.  Not necessary, thank you.   It's hard getting the tongue around the Spanish words quickly enough so that you are not rude to them.  They are just trying to make a living.
     I'm putting in a picture of our moho sitting in the middle of the picture with the blue and white striped awning.  This is the rv park in Teacapan, Mx. at the Pelicanos rv park.  As you can see it is right on the ocean.  A few steps and we're on the beach.  It was greatJusa there.  The people were friendly, the restuarant had the best food we'd eaten in a long time but the con to this piece of paradise was the BUGS.  I'm still scratching.  There are no see'ums that are out in the early morning, middle of the day and in the evening.  We had to leave.
      Yes, Barb we met Dave and Nancy.  They have a very nice place with 3 suites upstairs that they rent out but we found the prices too steep for our budget.  We never saw Hutch but we know where his house is and he is well know by almost everyone we talked to.  Mike thinks he is Wayne Hutchinson from Salmon Arm.  Mike went to school with him somewhere along the way.
     If you want to rv it in Mexico make sure you buy the Mexican rv guide by Mike and Terri Church.  It is a very informative book and gives very detailed descriptions of where to go.  We borrowed a book from Ed and Therese Zibrowski.  Ed is the nephew of Mary and Joe Sirhan from Armstrong and Porcupine Plain, SK.  Very small world out there but we've been meeting people all along that we know who know someone, etc.  Why when we got here at the Savage rv park in L.d. Marcos, we met Ray Anchikoski and his wife Brenda who are staying here in one of the bungalows.
     I just wanted to throw in another picture to show the beautiful Pacific ocean in the background.  The road climbs as we head for Tepic but we don't go all the way to Tepic.  We turned off and still climbed some more as we headed for the ocean. 

    Rest stop.  One of the very few pullouts for vehicles on the way to L.d. Marcos.

     Once we got to Rincon de Guayobitas, I started to get excited.  Dave and Kelsi knew this town and Dave was anxious to have lunch at Abel's.  We parked the moho and car some ways from the centre and went for a walk to loosen our legs and work up an appetite.  Dave wanted his favourite meal, burritos aztecas and he got it. Mike and Kelsi had it too but I chose BurritosNortamericanos. They were good and spicy but three of them were too much for me so I shared them with Dave.

    After a quick walk around the way too touristy centre of town we headed back to the moho for the short drive to Lo de Marcos.  This is the park we are in right now.  I call this street RV park way.  We are not on the ocean but one block behind the ocean front homes and hotels.  The ocean has been putting on a spectacular display of its power over man the last two or three days.  Ocean waves have not been so high in twenty years. Water has come into the town streets and we had to take another road to go back to Guayobito the next morning to find the refrigerator repairman.  Guess what?!  The same wate problems had occurred in Guayobitos.
  Here is one of many pics Mike took of the beach in Lo de Marcos.

The fellow who owned the little stand underneath the palapa had his stand washed away.  You can see some fellow wanting to walk on the beach but the tide is too high.  Mike is fascinated by the waves and goes out as often as he can to the beach just to watch the waves.  Today, the dog and I went with him and we found out that the strength of the wave on the sand can give your feet a good buffing.  Felt good, but boy was it a challenge to keep my balance with each wave that came over me.  The water is very warm and most of the folks on the beach today were over 50 years of age.  For a Saturday afternoon it wasn't very busy.  Even the surfers were older with their boogie boards.  I wish I wasn't such a chicken, I'd have loved to be out there letting the waves push me to the shore.  In another life perhaps...

     Time to get to bed.  Till next time, adios amigos et buenos nochos.