FEB 5, Saturday; to Alamos
A motorhome came in after dark last night. We discovered it as we got up this morning. After packing, we went to the restaurant on site and had breakfast. It took a while and wasn’t that great. Our bacon was cold, the eggs had been ordered as over-easy and came scramble even though we said NO scramble in Spanish. Louise also had pancake and those were good. We left soon after, 10:15 am and headed back to Guave (32 miles) at speeds of 30-40 MPH because of the rough road then north on 15 cuota (toll). We stopped in Los Mochis for fuel then it was on to Navajoa (went through 2 tolls) for our lunch and our turn East to Alamos. We arrived at 3:30 pm and set up in “Real De Los Alamos RV Park”, paid our dues for 4 nights then settled in. Dave and I went into town to get some cerveza and checked out the other RV Park which turned out to be much nicer...maybe next time!
N 27* 01.845’
W 108* 57.106’
Alt: 1332 feet
We drove 195 miles (313Km) in 4.5 hrs at an average speed of 44 MPH and were stopped for 1 hour. We fuel in Los Mochis. We also went through 2 police checks and one for fruits
FEB 6, Sunday, Alamos
This was a lazy, warm morning. We read for a while then went into town. It was very busy there, being Sunday. There was a market in full swing and lots of people around. The town square had some very colourful people and everyone was in a good mood. There were a few vans from a local TV station filming a soap program but not today. Being Super Bowl day, a couple parties were being organized in town. We walked around the whole village. A few things had changed since last we were here. We showed the convent we had stayed at back 4 years ago to L&D then we went through the hotel Hacienda de los Santos, a landmark here. Usually one has to pay to tour the place but today, they had a Super Bowl party going on so we wandered in and looked around for free. We had a beer then went to where the party was but they wanted 180 pesos each so we went somewhere else. We walked to the hotel Portales and went to the bar to have a bite to eat. They had a TV set up on the front balcony for people to watch the game. Our meals were delicious and the beer was cold. We visited everything there was to see and looked in every nook & cranny. We had a good time and came home around 4:30 pm after stopping for some fuel. It was a very warm day and we even each had ice cream.
We had happy hour at our place then I watched Green Bay win the Super Bowl...YEAH!!!!!
FEB 7, Monday, touring Alamos
We got up early as we were to meet our guide, Emiliano, at 8:30 am. When we got to our meeting place, he announces that he was waiting for another group of Americans to join us. We waited and waited and decided to go see the look-out. As we were up there, we saw the bus arrived so we drove back down and met them. Our tour began with a tour of “The house of Treasure” which is where we stayed 4 years ago with the Tate’s. An old convent turned into a hotel. From here we walked the streets of Alamos and he pointed out the history of the place. We even got to visit some private home and one belonging to an Actress who is now retired. We arrived back at the hotel and the group stayed and the 5 of us got in our truck and drove out of town to visit a few places. We first stopped at a church along the highway and we looked inside then we drove to La Aduana where we had lunch in a private home. The hostess, Doris, prepared and cooked tortilla for us. Val and Louise got to try their skills at it and did pretty good, considering! Then it was onward to a clay factory where a group of kids met us giggling away and after meeting them, we gave them each one peso. They were ecstatic! We went to visit a brick making factory and being in the early afternoon, everyone was having siesta but we did walked around and Emiliano answered all our questions. From here it was back to town and a cerveza to end the day properly. We paid our guide, bought a drink then went home.
I don’t know what I caught but my throat was sore and I hit the bed by 8:30 pm after taking a few cold tablets and syrup.
FEB 8, Tuesday, more of Alamos
We went into town early to have breakfast at Reyna’s restaurant. It was delicious and cheap which made it all the more better. From here, we walked into town again and watched the making of a movie soap opera. I even got to take a picture of one of the Star! Then we walked to a local bakery and watched how they make bread and cookies and other sweet things. We bought a half dozen bollitos (bread buns) fresh out of the oven. We even tasted some cookies which were delicious but Val wouldn’t allow me to buy them. Emiliano up in an area where there was a cock raising farm. We stopped and they invited us in and got to look around. It really was interesting. The guy spoke perfect English which made it much easier to answer all our questions. (See pictures). From here we went back to the village where we had a beer then came home for Happy Hour with Emiliano. For supper we had fish then went over to the Ennis for a drink and just to bug them.
FEB 9, Wednesday, Back to San Carlos
I got up this morning with a sore throat and runny nose. I took some medicine then began loaded and getting ready to go. We were on the road by 9:15 am, followed hwy 162 down to Navaoja and headed north on Hwy 15. We went through two tolls, stopped in Obregon for lunch and arrived in Totonaka RV Park, San Carlos around 1:45 pm. As we were setting up, Joyce showed up to say hi then Bill showed up so after setting up, we went over to their place for happy hour. Dave and Louise stayed home and continued setting up; I’ll finish tomorrow. The park is almost full which is good to see. We had dinner then relaxed after Tucker’ bath...he was filthy from rolling in the dirt.
I have uploaded more pictures in Folder #71
N 27* 57.910’
W 111* 01.489’
Alt: 15 feet
We drove 164 miles (264Km) in 4 hours at an average speed of 44 MPH. We stopped for an hour.
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