Our Second Day in Mexico

We had a good rest in the hotel that we chose in Guasave. We woke up around 7 in the morning with a plan to leave around 8:00 am. We were hoping to get breakfast somewhere along the way, a donut shop, a MacDonalds, actually anything. As we were driving through Guasave there were vendors at various stop lights with orange juice, baked goods and even burritos. So we had our answer to breakfast – stop for a red light and have car side service with breakfast! Such a cool deal. We will never gripe about those "Tope" vendors again!

We knew that the day would be a short one, as we were only going to try to get to Mazatlan - we figured we owed it to ourselves to at least have one day at one of Mexico’s resorts. So we began heading down the Mexico 15 toll road, or cuoto in Spanish. We actually had shoulders on the highway now and it was wide open. Very little traffic to be seen any where.

We figured on being in Mazatlan around noon and actually made it there slightly before noon. So we headed towards the hotels and the beach. As soon as we came alongside the ocean the first hotel we spotted on the beach looked very attractive. We thought it would be extremely expensive. It turns out it was low season, so there were very few if any tourists. The impact? – lower hotel prices. We were on the sixth floor in a grand suite with two bedrooms and two bathrooms overlooking the ocean. Andrew spent the afternoon wandering around the area and Nancy and Walt ate pizza, walked along the beach for a bit and then looked at some of the shops surrounding the hotel. We ate dinner at an excellent BBQ place then walked along the beach and watched the sunset. Back to the hotel, and a movie on HBO. This really is the life.

We knew the next day of our drive was going to be a long one, so we wanted to get a good sleep. Also, we thought that maybe this would be the last time we would have internet for a while, so did a quick check of e-mails.

A small subset of the photos that we collected. Andrew was also taking movies, which have been interesting for us to see after the fact.