Santa Anna to San Carlos

We said our goodbye's to Edgar and Anna this morning. Anna told us they may not be there next year as they are both getting older and are both suffering some health problems. It would be a shame as the Punta Vista RV Park is the perfect place to wind down after crossing the border. Anna is very helpful and gave us another copy of her map of the Hermasillo bypass.

The bypass is actually pretty simple. After the toll booth just before Hermasillo you count five lights (one of them is a flashing light) and turn left. There is a sign pointing to Guaymas and the Fiesta Hotel is on that corner, follow the arrow. Stay on this road, there will be signs pointing to Guaymas. When you pass the prison on the right, get in the right lane and stay there. A kilometer or so later the right lane will drop down to an underpass where you now turn left onto the Hermasillo highway. You are on your way!

The road is not great. It is very washboardy and has a lot of construction and many lane closures. It was a slow drive.

We checked into the Totonaka RV Park at about 2:00PM and  paid our $900 pesos ($72) for three nights, a lower rate than last year. We set up the Starchoice, had happy hour with our Canadian neighbors and then headed across the street to Charley's Rock for camerones (me) and crab (Norma)! Delicious! Worth the trip just for the camerones!

Oh yes, there was an incident when Norma opened the fridge door. I will report that tomorrow. Stay tuned!

The photo is Croft with Edgar and Anna. Edgar is a real, live Mexican and Anna is an American ex-pat from Oklahoma. Anna recently drove all the way home to vote for Obama! My kind of people! Some people can't get off their asses to vote locally. Anna drove from Mexico to Oklahoma to make sure her vote got counted. She deserves her share of the win.