Mexico 2012 RV Trip - Day 85 - March 20, 2012 Huatabampito Beach - Bacum

Welcome to the first day of Spring! It was chilly here this morning – about 55°F, but sunny – so we decided to spend another day at Huatabampito Beach. We saw dolphins this morning and took a walk along the beach. Unfortunately, with the crowds here on Sunday and Monday, the beach was littered with trash. We walked more than a mile and the trash just went on and on. We talked with one Mexican fellow who told us that many Mexicans don’t care and think nothing of dumping their trash out. Tobey said that if he lived here, he would have to organize a group of volunteers to do beach cleanup after the weekends and provide trash and recycling barrels along the beach. We would have to start an education program in the schools, too!
It warmed up today and the water was a beautiful blue. We sat outside for a little while, enjoying the sunshine.

This afternoon, however, the wind really kicked up and we were getting sandblasted. We put chairs away, battened down the hatches, and moved inside to play cards. The wind never let up – even the seagulls were having a hard time flying and one bounced into the side of the RV! That was it. Even though it was almost 4pm, we made a decision to pack up and move inland.

Driving was a struggle for Tobey because the wind was really strong. We often had sand and dust blowing across the road, and the air was brown for miles! When we finally got on the toll road we thought we would make better time, but we were wrong. There was quite a bit of road construction so lots of detours and only 2-way traffic, instead of 4-lane. The 90 mile drive took 3 hours!

We arrived in Bacum about 7pm just before dark and not breaking our no driving after dark rule, we stopped to get some dinner at Panchita’s. We were going to eat, then park on one of the side streets for the night. A policeman stopped in to eat while we were there, so we asked him if it was okay to park on the street. He was directing us to the Square, and said that was a good place. Well, the owner of the restaurant overheard us and said, “No.” She showed us a fenced yard behind her restaurant and told us that we could park here for free, it was much safer. Our dinner was very good and only $72 pesos ($5.75 USD). She has a night watchman and we are camped here for the night. She jokingly told us not to get out of the RV during the night or the dog might bite us!

GPS 27.55278°N, 110.08112°W