Thursday, Day 10, February 22

We have arrived in Maztalan! This is our first look at the Sea of Cortez. And that is from some distance, but you can see the waves, a little.













We are parked in an old coconut grove that was turned into an RV Park about 30 years ago. As you can see, the trees are still here and the spaces are very small. This is a 42 foot coach being parked in a 34 foot space. And not a scratch on the coach or those around it. But it did take some good maneuvering.









Dinner was at the Hotel Playa, Mazatlan, on the beach overlooking a beautiful sunset and a cruse liner going out to it's next port. We are all tired and have headed back to our coach's for a good nights rest for another full day tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

Wednesday, Day 9, February 21, 2007

After overnight in a no frills rail yard it was time to begin the unloading process. The flatcars were brought to the unloading dock and the rails that they had put on the sides of the cars so that we could walk around were first removed. The ramps were added between the cars and the unloading began. You really had to trust the man leading you over the ramps and down the flatcar. You had only inches on one side of the coach before you would drive off the side.

We drove about 10 minutes to a campground where we rested up before being taken to dinner at a hotel in town. This had to be the best shrimp that I have ever had, and quite a few others voiced the same opinion. As downtown is also the "market" area a few ventured out to see what was available. Not much for us as either we didn't recognise it and couldn't read it in Spanish or had no place to put it. After dinner we all came back full and sleepy and all went to bed early as we'll have to be up early in the morning for our briefing and then we will hit the road for a 254 mile drive down to Mazatlan where we will camp for a few days. See you down the road.