Mexico 2012 RV Trip - Day 64 - Feb. 28, 2012 Marauta – Bahia de Pascuales

Last night we took a walk about 9pm trying to spot any turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs. No luck, but we did spot a crab. He froze when we shone a flashlight on him.

We set the alarm to get up at 6:30 to try our luck this morning.

We had a nice sunrise and heading south we saw several fresh tracks, but the locals dig the eggs up and eat them, so all of the nesting areas had been disturbed.

We then walked north along the beach and saw the fishermen heading out.

We went past several coves and smaller beach areas.

The water was surging through the tunnel in this rock. 

When we got to the last cove Tobey spotted a turtle on the beach! We saw her tracks and she was in the process of digging a hole to lay her eggs. We watched for a while, then my camera batteries started to die, and I didn’t bring any extras! Tobey made a dash back to the RV. A little while later, she abandoned her digging. I did get a few shots and a little video, but Tobey missed her journey back to the ocean.

Turtle digging a hole to bury her eggs–Maruata Mexico

   
We saw lots of birds on our way back to the RV.

As we drove north on MEX 200 it reminded us a little of Hwy.1 along the California coast. It snakes along, up and down the hills with lovely views of the ocean. The biggest difference we can see is there aren’t many pullouts here for stopping to look at the views, however, there was one pullout and a great view of a long beach.
We had heard about a good place to boondock near Bahia de Pascuales, about 12km from Tecoman so we thought we would check it out. We are parked near the end of the road along the black sand beach. We are close to where a fresh water lagoon empties into the Pacific.

We had dinner at a little restaurant next door and watched fishermen in the water as the sun set.

We drove 79 miles today and plan to spend two nights here.
GPS 18.86093°N, 103.07668°W