Thursday, April 6, 2017

Edgar’s RV Park..Santa Ana, Sonora to Hickiwan RV Park..Why, Az

It was really hot yesterday but by 9:30 pm it started to cool off and typical of the desert it was quite cool overnight.  Eric;s sinuses are already suffering with the dry air so he didn’t sleep well last night.

It was a bit tricky getting out of Edgar’s this morning as the south bound lanes out front are blocked off as they redo the pavement through town.  That meant getting into the north bound lane which is two way traffic right now.  As all the truck traffic heading north comes right through town it can be really busy. 

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Made it!  We are now on the concrete highway Mex 2 heading for Lukeville and the border.  The concrete looks nice but it is really lumpy and it really throws you around.  

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We paid our last toll between Santa Ana and Altar and every year the tolls have all increased. 

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Pretty church in Altar….kind of looks like a mosque!

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New pavement through here including a new four lane bridge which used to be two lanes.

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The palo verde are in bloom and that doesn’t help Eric’s allergies.

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That’s Pitiquito up ahead.  We’ll turn in our vehicle stickers there.  We went in the out gate like we usually do and parked at the south end of the complex.  It took about 1/2 hour to get all the paperwork done and we were on our way.  The Pitiquito complex looks almost deserted and they don’t seem to be stopping anyone here anymore. 

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Onward and the pavement is new here too.  Sweet!

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Not new here but still okay.   The section of highway between Caborca and the border is 1 1/2 lanes wide on each side.  All the large traffic (including us) drives straddling the white line.  If a big truck wants to pass they will do so right down the middle between the two way traffic.  Pretty scary when it happens the first time!

At about km 120 the pavement became really crappy for about 30km but then it improved again.  There are a huge amount of “flying puentes” through here.  Puentes are bridges and they don’t seem to be able to get the highway pavement level with the bridges and you bounce over them. 

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Coming into San Emeterio where we used to get our stickers and toursit visas.  Wow…what’s going on here?  It is a massive project and at first I thought it was a prison!!!  Turns out it will be an aduana (customs ) and truck check point.

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There were a huge amount of workers wandering around everywhere. 

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We pulled off to the right of the highway on the gravel and Eric went to see if he could turn in our tourist visas.  Yes….the little old building was still there at this point.  The agent told Eric that the complex would be finished next August.  Eric asked what was happening to Pitaquito and the agent said he thought it would be here.  So….are they abondoning the almost new Pitaquito and putting everything here?   Who knows and only time will tell.

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The complex stretches farther south and it looks like the trucks will pull in here. 

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All blocked off by a huge concrete block fence. 

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We’re out and heading to the border.

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The desert is green and the ocotillo are even blooming.

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Coming into Sonoyta and there is new pavement here too.  The more new pavement and concrete we see….the better we like it.

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Repaved all the way through.

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Lots of traffic heads to Puerto Penasco or Rocky Point to rage around on quads,  jet skiis and high powered boats.  Not our bag!

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Turn right for the border.

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They grow really nice green hay between Santa Ana and Sonoyta.  If you’ve got water…you get really nice hay.

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Who buys this stuff?

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Okay…maybe a hammock!

Our stop at the border was brief and a bit unusual.  The very official young border guard (not friendly as they have been in the past) asked Eric to open the back windows of the truck which he did and at the same time he turned the engine off.  The agent snapped “ Turn the engine on!”  That’s odd….we’ve always been barked to turn the diesel off.  Whatever!  He asked if I had anything to declare and I said no.  Bye, bye and that was it. 

It was after 2pm by this time so lunch was long overdue.  We stopped at the gas station on the USA side and I made lunch. 

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On the road and the saguaro are green and beautiful.  There must have been quite a bit of rain this winter because the desert looks green and pretty.

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The saguaro are really dense here.

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Pretty…don’t you think.  A totally different landscape and climate than Mazatlan and each has it’s own beauty.

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Back at the Hickiwan Trails RV Park for a few days.  Not sure what we’ll do next. 

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The burros are always around here.  You can here them braying and many evenings they are right outside your rig. 

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Pretty evening and the light was really nice.

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Here we are parked in the very quiet (except for the burro’s) Hickiwan RV park.

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The cacti are starting to flower.

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See those hooks…they would really hurt.

1 comment:

  1. Very familiar territory for us. Thanks for the memories!

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