Monday, Nov. 22, 2010
(Eric’s 64th birthday) Shades of the Beatle’s song “ Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64!. Sure I do and always will honey!!
We had planned to leave and head into Mexico today but the wind was so intense that we decided to leave it another day. As the Mexican highways are narrow it is not a good idea to travel when you can be blown sideways and get a wheel off the edge. As we have no pressing agenda other than to get to Mazatlan around the end of the month it does not really matter very much. It just howled all day yesterday and would not have been much fun to be packing up anyway. The wind died off overnight and is fairly quiet at present. Eric rode his bicycle and took a ride on Blue (in sweatpants under his jeans with his electric jacket on!) and was still cold in the wind. I got the laundry done (a really nice clean facility) tidied up a bit and then walked into town to mail my Christmas cards. A bit early, but they have to be sent before we head into Mexico. The walk into town and back took a little over an hour on a really nice sidewalk. For such a small town in obvious decline because the Copper Mine closed back in the mid eighties it has a really nice walkway. If it wasn’t cold here in the winter it would be a decent place to stay although I don’t know what you would do here all winter. I think there are quite a few Americans here with houses that they stay here for the winter. We heard some older Americans talking about that when we went down to the Bamboo Kitchen for Chinese food last night (cheap decent food, but not as good as I remembered it to be.) The houses would likely be cheap judging by the local economy. Larry, the park owner says that the jobs here are border patrol, police and welfare as well as a bit of tourism. The highway south is the direct route into Mexico and Rocky Point (Puerto Penasco) that all the Americans head to for a beach vacation. In the Trailer Life RV book it looks like there are at least 1000 RV sites ! It would get really crazy at Spring Break and all major holidays which is not for us.
So, today we pack up and get ready to journey south if the wind stays as quiet as it is right now.
Happy Birthday Eric!
ReplyDeleteAjo was the site of a long, violent strike in 1983 when Dodge Phelps "laid off" all it's Union workers and replaced them with scabs. In 1985 the mine closed with the strike unresolved due to declining world copper prices. Many of the Border patrol agents stationed nearby have bought cheap houses in Ajo.
I like that RV park as well and it is very reasonable if you belong to Passport America.