Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Mazatlan to Aticama

We had a leisurely departure from Mazatlan as it was going to be a pretty short drive today. We had our last breakfast with Arnoldo, I had my usual Vegetable omelette with Ranchero sauce and Norma had poached eggs. We said our goodbye’s and left before eleven.

On the way to Tepec Norma was reading the Church’s “Mexican Camping” and read about a bypass route that avoids Tepic. This route heads to the ocean at San Blas and then turns South following the coast until it joins Mex 200 to Puerto Vallarta. Along the coast we started looking for an RV park to stop for the night and as we crossed a bridge, I noticed a Class “C” parked in a field on the ocean. I did a double take and announced, “That’s Tioga George!” We had met George in Mazatlan last year and I have been following his Blog for several years. The place where he was parked is an empty lot beside a small Palapa taco stand. I recalled from his Blog that the owner was charging him very little to boondock there. It is an idyllic spot right on the ocean with a small creek running alongside it. We pulled in beside George and I walked over to say “hola”. He was working on the computer but dropped everything to come over to talk to us. We chatted for a while and then the three of us walked into the tiny village of Aticama for something to eat. It was a wonderful evening and it was quite dark when we said “Good Night”.

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The view out our window. Life is tough!

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George’s Ms. Tioga with his DataStorm uplink for his Internet.

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George and his buddy, Boid.

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