Kathy & Eric's travels: Nogales, AZ to Navojoa, Sonora...no issues😊

We were up at 6:15 to get an early start. The room was great and since 2019 they have added minisplits to the rooms which give you warm and cool. Last night we needed heat!

This morning we enjoyed a "full" breakfast they had fresh scrambled eggs, tater tots, sausages, refried beans, toast, bagels, fruit, waffles and all good and fresh. By the way I shouldn't have eaten a sausage as it caused an emergency just after crossing the border but a wash room at a gas station was available. Washrooms at Fuel stops in Mexico have an older person cleaning and it's courtesy to give them 5 pesos. Lesson learned. I thanked the cook at the Quality Hotel American for breakfast and told the desk clerk how good it was. Great stop!

First thing this morning and Eric was still feeling terrible. Headache, sore neck and bad sinuses. He'd been taking a decongestant that wasn't helping much and I thought he was a bit dopey😉 I gave him 400mg of advil and he was hugely better. When we left it was foggy but it cleared up.

Heading to the border and the Mariposa crossing and the fog is gone.

Through the US side and waved through...not sure why we even stop.

Up ahead we get checked to see what was in the trailer. All very confusing about who is checking for what. The back of the truck is full but no one cared.

Through there?

Ok..we were asked what was in the trailer and Eric said..a moto. A quick check and on our way. No one asked for a passport which is odd at an international border don't you think.

Keep left or you'll end up in downtown Nogales Mexico!

Heading south. That was easy.

First little town you hit and it and there are unmarked huge topes.

Can you see it...of course not and when we hit it going slow the trailer was airborne!

And ..a toll booth...the first of many.

The cacti appear.

Santa Ana where we stayed many times in our 5th wheel at Edgar and Anna's Punta Vista RV park. They have both passed away but relatives still run the tiny park.

A bit rustic😉

Over on the right a tiny RV sign. Edgar and Anna were such generous and helpful people.

Bye Santa Ana.

Military check point but no stopping going south.

Heading north the line of trucks went on for miles....

...and miles...

...and miles. We've seen line ups but nothing like this!

Of to the left...vineyards.

And...another toll booth.

And...you guessed it another toll booth.

Here we stopped for fuel at the Pemex where the road heads to Bahio Kino. Back in the winter of 2008 we made our first trip to Mexico and we were just in the truck. Eric was retired and I was still working so he was at home researching places to go. His final destination was San Carlos with its big marina of sail boats. Eric always wanted a sailboat but it didn't happen. We spent a week or so in Kino and a month in San Carlos.

Road to Bahio Kino.

Coming into the turn that bypasses San Carlos to head south.

Onward to Obregon.

Water at the edge of the road.

The Guaymas toll booth

Funneled through.

Tope.

Coming into Vicam and the pavement is beyond horrible. This is where the Yaqui Indians have been fighting for control of their water rights.

If you google the Yaquis it is a long sad story.

Here they're filling potholes but there's no pavement in between.. Even the topes have potholes!

Selling watermelons.

Need anything?

The huge Yaqui statue.

And now for the Obregon bypass.

Keep left.

Already repairing the new road.

The biggest toll..around $21 canadian.

At least the concrete was smooth.

Leaving the bypass and..

....there's a stop sign...hard to merge from a dead stop.

Chicken barns...lots of them.

Almost to Navojoa.

And we're here at the Fiesta Motel in Navojoa.

Rooms okay. We've stayed here twice before so it's an easy stop.

Dinner up the street at Los Arcos where we've eaten before. We were going to try something different but the road out front was too busy to cross.

A lovely hotel restaurant and bar.

Our first Mexican beer of the season. Tecate for Eric and Pacifico light fo me.

We both ordered fish with rice which was okay but shy on vegetables.

So the day is over. We've showered, had beer and dinner and it's bed time. We've both had enough traveling, motels and eating out. Tomorrow Mazatlan and our house.