February still isn't it?

     Yes it is.  This is the last day of February and it is my good friend's birthday today.  She knows who she is.  Happy Birthday from Mave and Mike and Weaver.

     We are on the road again.  We left Lo de Marcos on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 8 am.  We travelled all day driving through to the Celestino RV park in Celestino Gasca.  Celestino is about 70 miles north of Mazatlan and on the Pacific Ocean.  The park was quite filled with greenery between each rv site.  Our site had a tree of hibiscus flowers and bougeanvilla.  The hibiscus flowers themselves were the size of my hand.  Here is an example:

There are four parks there and we ran into Dave and Sara who were staying in the Savage RV Park for a week.  They were on their way to Las Vegas. 
   Early Friday morning we were again on the move.  This time we drove through hundreds of kms of farmland to the Mexican town of Los Mochis.  The trailer park there is very dilapitated but the electricity worked and the toilets worked so I didn't complain.




 The RV park wasn't very busy as you can see by this picture.  I must admit there was a vehicle and trailer to right of this picture and later two more rigs pulled into the park.  Oh yes, it is on the road to town so it was quite noisy in the daytime but I never heard a thing after I went to sleep.  From Los Mochis one can take a train into the Copper Canyon.  Our neighbouring campers had done so and knocked on our door that evening to introduce themselves.  Grant and Sharon from Port Alberni had just got back and told us a little bit about their trip.  She showed me the beautiful baskets she bought that were made by the Mexican natives up there.  I think next year we will put that trip on our itinerary.

     Have I mentioned that Weaver the wonder dog is happy as a clam on our return trip so far?  Yes, he's quite content to sit beside his dad.  He parks his front paws on the arm rest and his hind feet are on the couch.  When he's ready to make his move he hops up on the arm rest and sits there as pleased as all get out.  He would stay there for miles and miles, then get a little restless and come and visit me for a hug, then back he'd go to his 'seat'. 

      Again, on Saturday morning we were on our way north.  Saturday's goal was to reach San Carlos and reach it we did without any problem.  First people we saw were Dick and Ann from Nelson, BC.  They had stayed at Savage in Lo de Marcos and were taking a break here before heading back home.  We took a long walk to the Oxxo so hubby could get some more pesos.  We found a restaurant right beside the Totonaka RV park and went out for supper because Mike was too tired to cook.  I had crab in butter and Mike had a marvellous concoction of fish stuffed with seafood.  I think it was the best seafood dish I've had in Mexico, and I've had quite a bit of seafood.  We had planned to stay only one night but Mike wanted to rest one more day so we stayed here today and I did laundry and Mike and I watched the Big Game on TV and it was in English.  Way to go Canada!!!!!  Tomorrow we will drive to Santa Ana which is not too far from Nogales, but will give us a chance to rest before driving over the border and on to Tucson. 

     Later dudes and dudettes,
Mave, Mike and Weaver