Mexico 2012 RV Trip - Day 77 - March 12, 2012 Rincon de Guayabitos - Teacapan

We were up and on the road by 7am because we knew we had about 200 miles to cover today. We saw lots of stands for shrimp tamales and we figured they were a local favorite, so we stopped and picked some up. We’re not sure how the locals eat them because the shrimp cooked into the tamales were whole – heads, tails, and shells. We pulled the shrimps out and tried to get the tails and shells off as best we could – it didn’t leave much shrimp because they were tiny. I guess the joke was on us!

On the way here we passed through several different types of agricultural areas. We saw sugar cane fields, corn, citrus groves, mangos, bananas, peppers, and tomatoes. There were areas with large greenhouses, as well as quite a few cattle ranches.

We spotted some dogs keeping watch on our way through town.

We drove into Teacapan which is actually south of the ONAC campground we are staying, to check out the panadería (bakery) because we had been told it was great by several people. The streets in town are all torn up, but we found the bakery. We did as everyone said and followed our noses! From the bakery we headed to the estuary waterfront. There were a few fishermen in cleaning their catch of oysters.

To get to the ONAC Villas and Trailer Park, we had to drive about 1.3 miles down a dirt road but  passed these beautiful bugambilias.

We quickly set up camp and did the beach walk. It is actually fairly cool – maybe mid 70s - and quite breezy so we did not get into the water. We were watching for dolphins because they have been sighted in this area quite often. We didn’t see any dolphins, but we spotted a couple of dead jellyfish and a dead starfish on the shore.

We only walked about a half mile and back, but hope to see Flipper and his friends in the morning. We were told you could walk the beach all the way to town, about five miles, and it goes to the north a long way, also!

ONAC is a large park, but many of the winter visitors have already left for the season. We are camped along the beach with about 10 other RVs. We were invited to happy hour this evening and had a good time visiting with everyone. Our neighbors loaned Tobey a battery charger so he hooked up the scooter and we will see if it starts in the morning. It would be nice to have it working when we reach Mazatlan!

We traveled 215 miles today and are paying $175 pesos ($13.80 USD) for our spot which includes full hookups, WIFI, and they even have a swimming pool. We had a beautiful sunset, and if you look closely at the top of this picture, you can see Jupiter and Venus in the early night sky. Life is good!

GPS  22.61315°N, 105.79265°W