Mexico 2012 RV Trip - Day 68 - March 3, 2012 Malaque - Arroyo Seco, Playa Chica

Tobey said that today was a perfect day; we only drove 28 miles and we are the only people camped at this beach.

We turned off MEX200 at KM 29.5 and followed the road 3 km to the tiny town of Arroyo Seco. The road is in varying stages of  construction, but was quite navigable. Once we arrived in town we followed the signs to the playa. There are two different beaches here – accessible by two different roads. We took the road to Playa Chica. It was quite narrow and overgrown with brush in some places. A man that worked on the land next to the road came with his machete to help Tobey cut some of the low-lying branches so we could get through. Further down the road, Tobey got his saw out and climbed on the roof of the RV to cut more! It was quite rutted and we drug bottom on the scooter hitch, too! We were rewarded with a beautiful view of the beach.

There were three cars here when we arrived. It turns out that Playa Chica is a surfing beach. We talked to a group of students from Guadalajara who said the waves weren’t very good today, but it usually is. We had fun watching the waves crash on the shore.

We did the beach walk a couple times, played cards and backgammon, read, and watched a couple of shrimp boats that trolled back and forth across the horizon.

There is an estuary behind the beach with some different types of birds.

Tobey also spotted an area that has been fenced off by the Christian Surf Team. It is set aside for protecting turtle eggs before they hatch.

www.christianossurfteam.org  

After dinner we met Artemio, the young man who runs the surf shop. He is in charge of this area of the beach and the turtle project and president of the Christiano Surf Team.

He said they had moved about 15,000 eggs there, but raccoons often come and dig up the eggs. The eggs take 30-45 days to hatch.  He told us it is the slow season for turtles, that they usually lay their eggs during the rainy season. He said it is possible we might see some babies in the morning. We will keep our fingers crossed.

 

We had another beautiful sunset view from our little “casa-rodante.”

GPS 19.32961°N, 104.95807°W