Now, a new adventure of exploring begins! As one travels with an RV, one has to expect some repairs from all the shaking and that is the case for us too; the valance above the dining room came down so this was something I had to repair this morning. Also, the bottom outside step came apart so I fixed that too. Our bear on the wall also came down however I cannot find any Velcro sticky here so will fix it in Yuma next week.
Anyway, after all the repairs and breakfast, we went for a drive to the Ley then to a jewellery store to have Val’s watch battery changed. From here, we went to the Malecon and after finding a parking spot; we went for shrimp tacos at “MARY RESTAURANT” where we had EXCELLENT tacos and cerveza. We then walked the full length of the Malecon and some side streets, bought a couple of t-shirts then came home. The Malecon was full of teenager on spring breaks. Let’s hope they don’t get in too much trouble as there was a lot of drinking.
Puerto Penasco is also known as “Rocky Point” by Californians and Arizonians. It is a major shrimp and fishing port as one can tell by the amount of fish markets and fishing boats. The Malecon area resembles Mazatlan Gold Zone, albeit on a smaller scale. All the prices are in US dollars and there is very little room for bargaining. It is definitely a USA playground!
It was a warm day again with a nice breeze to keep things comfortable.
Val called her sister in Ontario this morning and I had our mail forwarded from home to Pilot Knob in Winterhaven, our next stop. Our park is covered with small pebbles mix with shells; it is quite interesting to walk on. We were both up early this morning and on the road by 9:30 am. We went Geo-Caching and found 9 out 22. Some were closed by but the majority were in this area called “LAS CONCHAS”, a new development full of beautiful houses and some condos. We took a few pictures. We had a great day and even had a long walk in the sandy desert to find a cache near the Estuary. Afterwards, we drove back to town and had lunch at a local bar called “AL CAPONE”. Did you know that he used to frequent Rocky Point back in the 30’s!? WOW!!! This bar is definitely a popular local bar as it filled with people and everyone knew everyone. We had a very nice meal then came home. 9 rigs came in today together from Kino Bay; busy, busy!!
Val cooked a light dinner then we relaxed from a busy day!
Another warm and beautiful day! I called Winterhaven and advised them that we would be arriving next Tuesday instead of Monday. I also got some quarters for the washing machines.
We left early to geo-cache and our first one was near here then over to the harbour for our second one. From here, we stopped at a local restaurant for brunch and had eggs, beans and potatoes served with tortillas but no cafe; they only had instant, yuck! As we sat there these two cute little Indian girls came in. The older one (maybe 8 yrs) laid little turtles on the table and proceeded to want to sell one to us. She wanted 50 pesos but I told her that was just too much and offered her 10 pesos, she accepted. Her little sister was selling little package of gum so I gave her 5 pesos for one. We had some wrapped tortillas left over and I asked her if she wanted them and she took them and ran back to her mom who was outside. Mom loaded the girls on the bike after taking the money and the tortillas then left but first she stopped so that I could take a picture. It is a sad way to live but they looked happy just the same, making an honest living.
After brunch, we went across the railway track and found this neat cache; as we arrived, we had to honk, the lady then came out and gave us the box and we signed the log. She cares after stray dogs and has a sort of kennel and runs on donations so we gave her 100 pesos (approx. $8 Cdn).
Over to Cholla Bay and we found more caches and looked around. There is an RV park out here (6 miles from town) with full hook-up at $25/night for front beach row and $20 for the rest. There is also an Italian restaurant and a bar/cantina. While there for a beer, there was a young girl (about 19-20) who had these huge breasts and Val told me they were implant...how sad?!! She would stretch out and flaunt them and needless to say, the boys around were looking but not me!!!! One of the problems with this area is that everything is American dollar and when you pay pesos, you tend to be ripped off with the exchange.
We decided to call it quit for the day and came home via the back way. A lot of road construction is happening around town and it will be great when it’s finished.
Back at the Park, we watched the Mexican on this old, old tractor take trailers out of the park and into the storage compound. IT seems that a lot of Americans leave their trailer here and return as often as they want. All they do is phone ahead and when they get here, their trailer is in their reserved spot. Quite a neat system! They also rent some trailers but I am not sure I would want to stay in them.
I am having a difficult time uploading my pictures. We do have internet abut it is slow and sporadic! For dinner, I BBQ steaks and shrimps!
