FEB. 7, Saturday, Teacapan
The Kirkby’s went to Escuinapa to the Ley, a big grocery store like Safeway and Wal-Mart while we went to the village of Teacapan to take a look around. We visited the other campgrounds and the waterfront which was really nice compared to the rest of the village. Teacapan is a fishing and farm community and quite poor. The water front was quite a contrast in that it had a 4 lane street about 1.5 miles long which has no end/start that makes sense, a big hotel and a few restaurants. We had a bite to eat while there. Houses along the way were very nice and chique and looked like they were owned by gringos.
We came home afterwards and later in the day we all went for a walk along the beach which sandy of course and went on for miles.
FEB. 8, Sunday, A computer crash!!!
Today was a relaxing day and we did almost nothing. Val did the laundry and I found my laptop NOT WORKING!!?? It crashed and would not restart no matter what I did. There’s been a couple of power outage here and I suspect that was the trouble.
FEB 9, Monday, Teacapan
A cloudy morning but sunny in the afternoon! The four of us went cycling to the village, looked around, visited a local cemetery which was very colorful. We did some bird watching and had lunch at the local hotel next to the RV park near town the cycled back to our Onac RV Park
FEB 10, Tuesday, Kayaking day
We went kayaking at the local Estuary. Once we got there, a local Mexican cycled over and insisted on giving us a hand to unload and pack to the water. We gave him a small tip then went on our way. We found a small water way that kind of went back towards the village and was full of birds so of course we slowly paddled and took a few pictures. We then paddled across the way and went to the outer peninsula and had lunch on the beach. We paddled back and it became quite choppy and we quickly made our way across back to our launching site. Once we got there, the Mexican was there and gave us a hand re-loading then gave the girls shells that he had picked up.
On the way back, I stopped a local store and picked up a decal for Teacapan that I later put on the back window of the truck.
We had a siesta in the afternoon then happy hour at the end of the day. We all went to bed early tonight
FEB. 11, Wednesday, lazy day in Teacapan
The Kirkby’s went to Escuinapa and we stayed home. I went to the village to get some beer then upon my return, washed the truck. Fish and Mexican rice for dinner
FEB. 12, Thursday, packing
Our last day in Teacapan and we just lazed around until later in the afternoon when we packed the rest of our toys and equipment, loaded the kayaks and bikes. Once this was done, one of our neighbors looked at my laptop and came to the conclusion that it may be the hard-drive rather than the CPU or fan so I hope that I can deal with it in Mazatlan.
It was a sunny warm but comfortable day with a light wind. We had the Kikby’s over for dinner and a nice evening together
FEB. 13, Friday, Onward to Mazatlan
We left at 9 a.m., drove Hwy 1 to hwy 15 Libre, through Escuinapa and onward to Mazatlan. It was a short drive and once in San Bartolo RV park, I got the phone number of someone who could fix the laptop. He was over in the next two hours and did a bunch of test and came to the conclusion that it was in fact the hard-drive. He took away to be return next Wednesday.
We went out to “FAT FISH” for dinner and had the best and biggest helping of ribs I ever tasted. We met another couple from Minnesota and invited to join our table. We came home by 21:30 p.m.
We travelled 135 KM in 3 hours at an average speed of 35 MPH
N 23* 15’ 40”
W 106* 27’48”
Alt: 30 feet
FEB. 14, Saturday, Mazatlan
We went to Wal-Mart and Office depot to pick up groceries and price a hard-drive here but they didn’t have any. Lynden had his pictures put on a CD which took over an hour. We had taken a small “Pulmonia”, a small open vehicle like a Volkswagen, which was better than taking our vehicle and fight the traffic. On our return, we walked the Golden Zone and looked at the shops there.
We came back home by 4 p.m., had a few relaxing moment then went to the “Purple Onion” for Valentine dinner. It was quite good. We had a dish served which consisted of three different little round steaks cooked differently and served with Rice, and vegetable and live music. It was quite noisy and we had a hard time hearing each other but we still had a good time.
FEB. 15, Sunday, quiet day
Stayed home, did laundry, washed the front and back of the rig and all the windows. We spent the rest of the day reading and relaxing. We had happy hour at the Kirkby’s
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