La Playa

Sunset behind Puta Mita south of Sayulita

 

 

Buddies on the beach, getting ready for a swim

 

A morning walk on the beach..............

 

Semana 2 & 3

Town life and a trip to Puerto Vallarta..........
Street dinners every other night. Surf daily. Toughin it out ...................

Morning through the bedroom....

 

Evening in town, looking for a new dinner spot - again...........

 

 

 

Street art in Purto Vallarta.................

 

 

 

Cathedral in Puerto Vallarta

 

 

Walking down to the beach in Sayulita ...............

Viernes Mercado y Mas

We went to Friday Farmers Market today. Got a great lesson in coffee from an American coffee grower who now resides in San Blas about an hour north of Sayulita. We purchased just a small amount of his coffee because he only had a little. He is waiting for a little more dry weather for the beans to dry on the plants before they are picked. Also got some very good local salsa for the kitchen.

 Fishing net being mended along the beach.

From there we walked to Playa de los Muertos where familys were honoring their love ones who had pasted on to another place.

 

 Sayulita centro next to the plaza.

 

Celestino to Sayulita

For the drive to Sayulita from Celestino we took the toll road for about half the trip. We took the 'libre' road to San Blas and had some great fish tacos before continuing to Sayulita. Once we got close to San Blas it started to get very jungle like. Beautiful terrain. I should have taken photos but we were worried we would not arrive before sun down in Sayulita so - no photos.

Sunrise at Casa Gloria in Sayulita.

 

 

At long last we are here. But........we have a problem, Houston. The plumbing has a leak above the shower. Amazingly the plumbers arrived at 9am and began tearing into the concrete walls. Here's what we had on our first day....

Tonight is a Dia de los Muertos celebration in the plaza. We will go, even without showers. The tile and concrete are now drying and tomorrow we will have showers again.

San Carlos to Celestino

The border crossing was a non-event. Had a few Canadians in front of us at the Immigration check-in so we waited about 30-40 mins for the paperwork to be completed.
The road from Nogales to San Carlos was mostly divided highway and total cost of tolls was only about $15.
The dogs are now panting heavily as they experience this heat.
Spent the night in San Carlos after arriving just before sun down.

Had some great marlin taco's in Hermosillo. We were the only gringos around, so we got to practice our Spanish for the first time, since in San Carlos they spoke fluent English.

Next day was onto Celestino, about 1 hr north of Mazatlan. We were the only campers in the park since they just re-opened because the road had washed out due to heavy summer rains.

Nice shady campground and a deserted beach.

Patagonia State Park

Left Flagstaff around 9am for our drive to Patagonia Lake State Park, about 1/2 hour from Nogales border. The morning low in Flagstaff was 25 degrees. When we arrived at Patagonia it was 90. It's starting to feel like summer at last. We want to cross over early-ish so we can get to San Carlos, on the Sea of Cortez before dark. No driving after the sun goes down in Mexico !