Santa Ana To San Carlos

We rose early (for us) and left Santa Ana by nine. We stopped for breakfast at a small roadside truck stop where Norma had Huevos Rancheros and I had a perfectly done vegetable omelet. We asked for coffee and got two cups of hot water and a jar of instant coffee. There was an automatic coffee maker brewing on the counter but we obviously asked for the wrong thing. Oh well, time to work on the Espanol!

There was a young Mexican family at the next table with two extremely charming children. The dad spoke perfect English so we had a good conversation with our breakfast. The children learned to say "Bye" and repeated it hundreds of times all the way to the door and into the parking lot. I love Mexican children! They were very well behaved and ate everything that was put in front of them without question.

Anna from the Santa Ana RV Park gave us directions for by-passing Hermasillo, the Capital of the State of Sonora, so that saved us a bit of time and frustration. The roads in Mexico, at least the free ones, are very narrow with no shoulders. There is a very severe drop-off at the edge of the pavement and thinking about what would happen if you went off the road keeps your attention centered on what you are doing. The memory of my encounter with a shoulder last year also kept me focused.

We checked into the Totonaka RV Park right across the street from the ocean. We set up, found the StarChoice signal and walked across the road to Charly's Rock for a Margurita and dinner. Norma had crab and I had garlic prawns. They were both just as good as we remembered. After dinner we returned to the motorhome and met our neighbours Bob and Linda from Vernon, BC for a nightcap. He is retired BC Hydro and she a retired teacher. We are now settled down in our little "Casa Mobile" for the night and here in San Carlos, MX, Life Is Good!