Sunday March 20, 2011
Today was the day to finish our winter’s riding with Sam and Rita on another trip to Copala. We’d been up that way before Christmas with Sam/Rita and Mark and Claire (the travelers from Great Britain) so it had been awhile since we’d ridden that way.
It was hot this morning so we all dressed light because, if it’s hot on the beach it will be smoking hot inland. We left the park at 9:30 and headed south along the Malecon to get out of town. The traffic was lighter than we expected since it is a holiday week end (Benito Jaurez day weekend) here in Mexico and Monday is a holiday as well.
Sam and Rita have decided to leave Mazatlan and head for Arizona on their own but had decided to wait until Tuesday as the traffic will likely be heavy on Monday. This gave us an opportunity for a last ride and it was a good one.
We made a quick stop in Concordia which is on our way to Copala to go to the Dulceria (candy store) to pick up some coconut bars. I had looked all over downtown on Friday and found none but I knew I’d find them in Concordia. Success for me and Sam and Rita got the peanut bars that they wanted as well.
Onward to Copala and it was really hot riding now that we were inland and off the beach. Hot air, hot pavement, hot bikes and hot riders! No whining, just a comment! We arrived in Copala around noon and decided to eat in Daniel’s restaurant for a change as we usually eat in the other large restaurant in town. Daniel’s is known for it’s coconut pie and many people come just for that.
When we arrived at Daniel’s we parked the bikes and stopped to have a cerveza outside. Sam had stopped in a beer store in Concordia so we had some cold ones with us. We had a nice cold cerveza and a little chat in the open porch in front of the “motel?” that is out front of the restaurant. Very pleasant! We relaxed in the rocking chairs that have leather seats and the would likely come from Concordia which is know for it’s wood furniture.
A nice place to sit and have a cool cerveza.
Sam & Rita
Eric and Rita (Edith Ann!) note the feet do not touch the floor sitting in the rocker!
When we entered the restaurant we had a look at the leather masks that are in the entry way. I bought one last year and this year decided to buy another one to give away. Rita found a nice one and so did I. They are made in the little town of La Noria by a local craftsmen but you can’t go there because they have so much trouble with the “narcos.” Sad. Anyway it was nice to buy such a good gift.
Sam and Rita’s mask!
Looks good Sam!
Everyone has a place where we can make a fool of ourselves!
Into the restaurant to eat and we all had another beer that we brought with us and ordered lunch. It is odd to us that Mexican restaurants don’t care that you bring your beer in with you. Lots of them don’t have beer at all and if they don’t have it they have to send someone down the street to buy it for you. A pain for them. It doesn’t matter where you go they don’t seem to care if you bring you’re own even if they don’t have a liquor license.
A good lunch of Tortilla soup for Rita and a hambergisa and fries for Sam and a Chile Reno plate each for Eric and I. Yummy for all of us and cheap too. Bueno! A good choice for a meal. I might mention that we were the only tourists in Copala which has been the norm this year as no one seems to travel out of town. Sad and hard for the people to make a buck (or peso.) We have travelled out and about all winter and have not had an issue anywhere. It was all good.
Lunch was done and we mounted up and rode home. It was still really hot but started to cool down a bit as we got closer to Mazatlan. As we rode down the Malecon on our way home Sam suggested ice cream……okay, sounds good. We stopped and have a cold treat before we finished the ride. Yummy and perfect for the end of the day.
We were all home by 3:30 and it was a good day.
I dashed off to the beach for a quick walk to loosen up my bum and legs after the ride and then home for ……happy hour.
I hope you had the pie! It is worth the trip just by itself. Daniel's ex-wife used to sell the same pie out of a small bakery in Maz but it shut down just after we arrived there for the first time so we never got to try it.
ReplyDeleteKeep on having a good time! We are starting to head back now as well. We are in Charleston, SC and headed towards Atlanta today.