Mexico
November 7, 2006
Kathy woke to golden sky that faded out to the eastern horizon. Will woke shortly after to see the pelicans ready for a day of fishing. On the abandoned harbor light sat an osprey looking for his meal. We walked the waking streets of town along the water and into the back streets. Small sinderblock homes sat fenced against bypassers. At Santana’s, a Mexican version of Starbucks we had our coffee and sent out an email. How did you like seeing a message right from internet Mexico to your desktop? Will got himself a new teeshirt from Puerto Panasco’s Santana coffee shop and we strolled back the streets of town. Back at the van we ate a little breakfast then prepared our journey north. First we took the sand packed road to La Choya, a housing plan near the bay. It reminded us of pictures one sees of homes in Greece on the hills. We past the new high-rise condos and new building projects, the golf course of green amongst the desert sands, and found The Reef, a restaurant, RV park. The best deal for staying in your RV is here on the beach, dry camping for $5 a night. We met a couple that has been coming for 15 years. 
The beach used to be free camping then. Back on the main road we started north. About a third of the way we pulled off the road a short distance to a ruin and made some lunch. The flies were biting so bad we hurried through a game of Boggle and dishes, jumped in the van with the sun behind us and continued. The rest of the trip was uneventful, down the road, through customs, through Organ Pipe national Monument and back on AZ86 heading east. Near Tucson we found a side road with a pull off near the gate so pulled in. We relaxed a bit reading and puzzling as the sun set. As darkness swallowed us we climbed inside and watched Guarding Tess.
Kathy woke to golden sky that faded out to the eastern horizon. Will woke shortly after to see the pelicans ready for a day of fishing. On the abandoned harbor light sat an osprey looking for his meal. We walked the waking streets of town along the water and into the back streets. Small sinderblock homes sat fenced against bypassers. At Santana’s, a Mexican version of Starbucks we had our coffee and sent out an email. How did you like seeing a message right from internet Mexico to your desktop? Will got himself a new teeshirt from Puerto Panasco’s Santana coffee shop and we strolled back the streets of town. Back at the van we ate a little breakfast then prepared our journey north. First we took the sand packed road to La Choya, a housing plan near the bay. It reminded us of pictures one sees of homes in Greece on the hills. We past the new high-rise condos and new building projects, the golf course of green amongst the desert sands, and found The Reef, a restaurant, RV park. The best deal for staying in your RV is here on the beach, dry camping for $5 a night. We met a couple that has been coming for 15 years. 
The beach used to be free camping then. Back on the main road we started north. About a third of the way we pulled off the road a short distance to a ruin and made some lunch. The flies were biting so bad we hurried through a game of Boggle and dishes, jumped in the van with the sun behind us and continued. The rest of the trip was uneventful, down the road, through customs, through Organ Pipe national Monument and back on AZ86 heading east. Near Tucson we found a side road with a pull off near the gate so pulled in. We relaxed a bit reading and puzzling as the sun set. As darkness swallowed us we climbed inside and watched Guarding Tess.
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