Up at 7am and ready to hit the road by 8:15am. The traffic on the highway was loud last night….even with ear plugs in.
Whatever was growing on these plants in the field next to us is now in bags.
We’ve left Los Mochis and are now heading up out of town. The road in and around Mochis is shot. Seems they just leave it that way in the towns. Can’t be bothered to fix it? Leave it that way to slow down traffic? Who knows.
Check point and they just wave us through.
Bye, bye Sinaloa.
The traffic is whizzing by at a 110km max and goats/sheep are grazing at the edge of the road. There is someone watching them but this just can’t be safe.
The ambulance and fire truck (King county on the fireman’s gear which must have been a donation) sped by with lights flashing. Up the road there was an old truck over the edge all smashed up right next to the railroad tracks. Lots of people standing around and cars stopped. Possibly hit by the train which was now stopped or ….accident on the highway???
They are concreting the south bound lanes so the south bound traffic changes sides and travels south on the north bound side.
It’s a divided highway so we will change sides in areas where they are working.
Like right here.
Hey….that looks like new pavement.
Coming into Navojoa and my eye always catches their sign with all the metal horse statues.
Amazing aren’t they.
Navojoa is the prettiest and cleanest town we pass through.
Navojoa to Obregon and the highway is concrete until we get here. Nasty pavement and then the fun starts.
They have been working on the so called Obregon truck and heavy traffic route for over a year. It was bad when we came south in the fall and now it’s even worse.
Gravel, huge potholes and the signs aren’t adequate to direct you. Even the Mexican truck drivers looked confused.
Turn left here I guess.
Can’t go left, can’t go through so right I guess.
The south bound traffic is being detoured here and there as well.
Turn right and you’ll make it out to the highway.
Between Obregon and the toll booth the pavement is horrible but concrete again after that. We usually stop for lunch at the Pemex at the toll booth but today it was completely plugged up by trucks. I might also mention that the highway has been really busy. I’d thought that travelling on a Sunday would be as quiet as it was when we headed south but not today.
Just past the toll booth and we are in Yaqui Indian land. Would you like to live in these houses? I think not. We stopped at a wide edge of the road for lunch and continued on.
We might have been able to cross over to the large Yaqui Indian centre but we weren’t sure about the drop off.
Everyone needs a whole herd of cows next to a major highway. What an accident that would make!
The photo doesn’t really show it but the drop off at the edge of the pavement is huge here. Could be 3-4 feet.
Coming through Vicam and they are selling birds and this pottery. I wonder who buys it.
We’ve left the toll road and are coming into Empalme. The road is barely wide enough for two large vehicles to pass side by side and it’s still really busy here as well. One small error and you are over the edge.
Coming over the water just before Guaymas and everyone is stopped to have seafood. It is Sunday afternoon and the only day most people get off from work so I guess we should expect it to be busy.
Coming into Guaymas it’s a bit quieter.
The windshield is dirty as we hit a hatch of bugs. That means the front of the 5th wheel will be plastered as well.
We made it!
It’s about 3:30pm and we are the only ones in the RV park. I have to say that it is looking really shabby here. Some of the sites have been half heartedly mowed but for the most part it doesn’t look very good. I know they don’t get a lot of RVers but people won’t stay if they don’t keep it looking half decent. Not anywhere near as nice as it was a few years ago. Plus all the big trees between the sites have died. Oh well….we still prefer it to Totonaka in San Carlos.
Set up and showered by 5:30 and it’s time for a beer. We’ll stay a few days and then head on.
We were on the same road on Sunday, but we drove from the Isla to San Carlos, 512 miles and did 442 miles on Monday. we are settled in Vegas for a week and Colin left this morning to see his Mom in Winnipeg.
ReplyDeleteAlso meant to ask about that shop in San Carlos, where is it? Always looking for just the right clothes for Mexico.
ReplyDeleteHi Contessa: Saggitaria is at the north end of San Carlos on the ocean side. Go to the round-about up by the marina and return heading back into town and just past the gas station there is a narrow road that travels below the main road to the right and it is the first shop. Pretty building, lots of cars out front and lots to buy. Not cheap and in American dollars but it is nice stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe salmon tortilla roll ups were kind of a do your own thing! I mixed a half pint of home canned salmon with smoked salmon in it with 8 ounces of cream cheese, a little chopped red onion, some sweet chili chicken sauce and a bit of lime. Anything you like would really do. I spread it thickly on a flour tortilla, rolled it up, trimmed the ends and sliced it into one inch slices. Voila! Simple.