A screw and a detour!

Friday November 25, 2011

This morning when we were ready to leave Edgar and Anna’s Punta Vista RV park Edgar was waiting outside to show Eric that we had picked up a Phillips screw in our right rear truck tire.  Not good.  It was on the outside tread of the tire and pointing straight in but the tire was not loosing air.  Eric decided to unhook and then he and Edgar went to a nearby Llantara  (tire shop) to see what should be done.  They were  back shortly with the screw removed and no apparent damage to the tire.  The screw could have been picked up anywhere and looked like we had been packing it for awhile.  If it had been under the tire no one would have seen it.  Edgar says he checks all the time for screws and nails in his park and we know we didn’t get it there.  Perhaps in the gravel in Yuma or maybe on the road.  Eric is sure it had fallen out of an RV. 

We left about 9:45 a.m. since we were only going to Guaymas (Miramar & the Hotel Playa de Cortes.)  We had planned to leave around 9:00 but the screw slowed us down a bit.  We never travel too far in a day and that way if something goes wrong we have a time cushion. What’s the hurry, we are retired. 

We knew were going to be faced with a detour at the south end of Hermosillo as Anna had given us a heads up.  She had a map with some arrows etc. on it but she also said that the detour signs were apparently good.  When we got just north of the prison at the south end of town where we ordinarily get in the right lane and veer right at the overpass the detour started.  There were two signs with the one going to the right for downtown car traffic and the one to the leftish over the overpass for “lento” or slow heavy truck traffic.  We had heard that the first one would take you into small streets and the second one was for larger heavy truck traffic south.   The signage was good and we followed the trucks and other traffic through.  It was slow and rutted and wound all over the place but eventually came out just shortly south of the last left turn we usually make to Guaymas.  Again we were not in a hurry so no problemo!  Just follow the signs! 

We stopped for lunch at the Pemex where the road from Bahio Kino comes out about 50km north  of Guaymas.  I always hate that stop because of all the skinny dogs.  Today a surprise as they all looked fine.  Such sweet gentle dogs in Mexico.  I gave them each a slice of roast beef as we left.

We arrived at the Hotel Playa de Cortes (Miramar by Guaymas) around 3pm and are now parked for a few nights.  It is beautiful and quiet here and we like it much better than Totonaka.  They do have RV showers and we will try them tomorrow.