Tuesday March 27, 2012
We got an email from Connie this morning telling us that their trip from Mazatlan to San Carlos was uneventful. They ended up on the libre at Culiacan when they were slowed down by construction and they turned off the cuota in error. She said the libre road was good (better than the toll road) and the drive was more interesting and of course …no tolls! It took an hour longer to get from Culiacan to Los Mochis. We have already planned to take the Libre to Culiacan, not sure if we will take it from Culiacan north to San Rafael where it joins up with the Toll Road.
The Libre joins up with the Toll Road just south of San Rafael.
They did a retourno at Los Mochis on the toll road to the Pemex south of Los Mochis (the one we stay at on the way south) and then did a retourno south of the Pemex the next morning to head back north. A good gated stop with a nice restaurant and not much dust! We have stayed in this Pemex heading south each year but this will be the first time while heading north.
Here is a picture of the retourno that you need to take to head north after staying at the Pemex. Thanks Connie!
I also got an email from Dennis and Marilyn who left San Carlos yesterday morning on their way out to Ajo, AZ. They had no problems and said that the detour at Hermosillo is now short and well marked. Thanks for the info. Short military check at Benjamin Hill and easy stop at San Emeterio where you turn in your stickers and tourist visa before heading out through Sonoyta, Mexico to Lukeville, AZ.
Left the park at about 10am yesterday morning for a ride to Concordia for lunch. Blake and Laurie were hooked up and ready to go at the same time but had a little issue as they were leaving. Seems that Blake got nipped by a Scorpion while he was under his trailer hooking up and his finger was now all swollen! They decided to stop at the Nuevo Mazatlan medical station down the road on their way out and make sure all was okay.
We had our usual crazy ride through the traffic in Mazatlan on our way south to Concordia…people cutting you off….bicycles…small motorcycles dodging everywhere and the all time favorite…passing where there is no room to pass. The buses pass and then stop right in front of you…and so on….and so on! I think I am tired of Mexico traffic for this year! If we go north for a ride we avoid Mazatlan and it is a much quieter and more restful. Not too hot yesterday which was a good thing because the ride we took to Cosala last week was so hot we just about melted. On arrival in Concordia we rode to the restaurant we’d eaten at before. Oh, oh “Cerrado Lunes” closed on Monday! Luckily after asking where another restaurant was and wandering around the town we found another nice place to eat. I tried to order a bowl of soup with lots of different things in it but ended up with noodle soup! In addition to the soup I got the fish lunch that I thought I had cancelled…Eric helped me eat it as his lunch didn’t have rice or salad and mine did. It’s always a surprise when you order lunch in Mexico! Good and with a couple of light beers each and still only 150 pesos for two people.
On our way home Eric and I stopped at Soriana’s on the highway into town because I needed some more medication and a couple of grocery items. This was a bust as they didn’t have anything I needed and no one was working in the pharmacy. Onward to our usual Soriana’s where I got what I needed. Unfortunately they never have more than one box of Rantudill and I was trying to stock up till I get home so on to Mega for another box. Another bust as they only they had the small boxes which cost way more if you have to buy two instead of one big box. We’ll try again tomorrow. Of course while we are riding from store to store we are dodging traffic and trying not to get run over. Did I mention that I am tired of Mexican drivers for this year!
Sunny when we got home, beer, supper and bed.
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