Mexico 2012 RV Trip - Day 82 - March 17, 2012 Las Glorias - Huatabampito Beach

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! No green beer for us, but we did pass through miles and miles of green fields - corn, wheat, and tomatoes. We saw lots of workers on their way to the fields, as well as men herding their cattle and sheep down the road.

We arrived at Huatabampito Beach by 12:30. As we were driving along the beach looking for a good camping spot, Tobey looked out the window and spotted dolphins! He pulled over and we hopped out and quickly walked down to the beach. There were at least 15 dolphins  in the water. Some of them were breaching and splashing in the water, but most of them were just swimming along like the picture below. I was frustrated that my camera is slow and we couldn’t catch one while they were up in the air. It’s not at all like Sea World when they have a “routine” and you can anticipate their moves!! We watched them for at least 20 minutes before going back to the RV for lunch. Needless to say, we found our spot to camp!

Huatabampito Beach spans almost 20km – over 12 miles! We covered two of them down and back this afternoon. (After 4 miles, our feet are tired!) Beautiful homes line the beach, many of them vacation properties for people from Huatabampo and Navojoa. Curious to see if many homes in the area were for sale, we drove down the road to check it out. We only saw one beach-front house for sale! We talked to one young man who was a caretaker for a property and he said not many were for sale, but there were lots available.

My curiosity made me look online to see what the prices were like. We only found one house listed for $99,000 USD. I really liked this house – I wonder how much it would sell for.

One of the things we have loved about Mexico is the friendliness of the people. As we drive through the little towns and down the small country roads, people smile and wave. Most everyone seems eager to strike up a conversation, always curious about where we are from and how we have liked Mexico. We met a nice young couple, Luis and Janet, and their children here at the beach today. He gave Tobey a little screwdriver set as a gift, just because. We took out brownies to share and enjoyed watching their kids play.

We set our lawn chairs up just outside the RV and enjoyed watching the water and people. It was much nicer today, mid-70s and sunshine. The water is too cold for us, but we had fun watching others going in. We are hopeful for more dolphin activity tomorrow.

We drove 177 miles today, about 120 of them on the toll road, so it only took about four hours.

GPS 26.69439°N, 105.59395°W