Mexico 2012 RV Trip - Day 55 – Feb. 19, 2012 Acapulco - Playa Cayaquitos

The sound of the waves crashing on the beach is much more pleasant and soothing than disco music. We didn’t wake until 8:30 this morning! There were several RVs at the Acapulco Trailer Park, mostly from Canada. We met two couples from Quebec and visited with them a while. One of them has an interesting Class A RV; it is 24’ and the queen bed lowers from the ceiling. It was pretty cool.

Because we have been to Acapulco twice before, neither of us had the desire to go back to the city to do any of the “tourist” highlights or fight the crowds in the markets. After lunch we decided to get on the road.

Less than an hour down the road I kept hearing a new “squeak” that didn’t sound good. I went to investigate and it sounded like the microwave was jiggling loose. Tobey stopped at the next place wide enough for us to pull over and he took it apart. Sure enough, one of the bolts holding it to the cabinet was working loose. He tightened it down and it seems to have gotten rid of the squeak. Topes and rough roads seems to be taking a toll on the RV, as well as us!

We drove through miles of coconut groves and mango trees. There were several places where there were huge mounds of coconuts – and then others where there were piles of the husks. A very popular refreshment here are the coco frios. They chop the end off the coconut and you drink the liquid. We have seen lots of places using the husks as fuel for their cook stoves. We couldn’t figure out what these piles of coconuts were for. Coconut palms, mangos, and bananas lined the road.We knew we didn’t want to drive too far and we had read about a couple beaches that are only a few miles apart and were supposed to have camping spots. We checked out the first, Playa Ojo de Agua, but didn’t really see anywhere that looked promising to park for the night. The second, Playa Cayaquitos about 1 km further north, was much better. We are camped along the beach road with our dining room facing the water. There is a little restaurant and hotel just across the road behind us. The owner said it was no problem for us to park here at no cost.We had a nice walk on the beach – it is more than a mile long. Of course, I didn’t take my camera and we found a starfish which Tobey rescued back to the sea. We hope it survives! We also saw remnants of a sand dollar and lots of turtle egg shells. We may try to see if any baby turtles are hatching in the morning.We traveled 90 miles today. The roads were fairly good and even with the microwave repair time and stopping to check out the first beach, we were only on the road 3-1/2 hours.

GPS 17.30236°N, 101.05253°W