WINTER 2005
SEEKING THE SUN
Pictures Instead of Epistle Four
Continuing
from the last epistle, this is the entrance to the Seri Indian
Reservation. In a country that is not supposed to have guns, this
picture is a little different eh? |
The town
center of the Seri Indian Village, Punta Chueca |
The group
entering Vickies for our $6.00 fantastic Mexican Dinner. I had
the best Chile Rellenos I have ever eaten that night |
Richard and
Ester ... the Harley Drivers. We enjoyed their company a lot |
This is a
little Mexican Art Shop that really stood out from the rest of the
buildings |
We fell in
love with the bright colours. Elsie just had to buy several items
... |
What with
the Bougainvillea the ceramic work just stuck out |
This is the
Oyster Farm ... home to the $1.00 crab tostados |
Will out
lunch never come? Bring on the Crab!!! Maurice is sitting
across from Elsie. He is the generous person who supplied the
satellite dish for us on our arrival. Ours, on the top of Harvey,
is too small to get a signal this far south |
The Chefs at
Oyster Farm |
Now just who
said I have a big mouth ... toothy grin eh? |
The view of
Oyster Bay Restaurant from the street |
Menu ...
remember in Mexico they use the dollar sign too. To get the
American equivalent divide by 11 |
I don't
think anyone has tried the local conveniences |
I do like
the iron wood figures ... bought an Otter and a Saguaro Cactus for
$10.00 US each |
Osprey nest
on the way to Oyster Farm |
Entrance to
Western Horizon Kino Bay Campsite. RVs enter to the left of the
arches. |
Home for
Harvey for two weeks Next year longer .... |
View from
the front of Harvey looking south |
View from
Harvey looking south west |
View from
Harvey looking more Westerly |
A Shrine on
the road from New Kino to the Campsite |
Sunset from
the Campsite |
We took this
picture from Harvey's front door |
One of the
two roads down to the beach. The building on the left is the pool |
The top of
the road from the beach. It was steeper than it looks here ... or
have 3w months of RV ing added to our girths???? NAH !!!! |
The Sea of
Cortez at low tide. Many of the people here go claming in the
shallow low tide waters. Great butter clams found with amazing
ease |
Pretty dog
gone nice place to be!!!! Hops loves the beach sand ... that's
why Elsie is carrying her? |
You can
drive on the beach at lower tide .... if you feel brave ... |
Beautiful
water, lovely sand, cactus and a sunny day ... does it get any better
in the desert? |
It is
amazing the power of "Tax Time". 'Tis is the middle of March and
the numbers of people here is diminishing rapidly. When we
arrived here there must have been over 30 rigs. When we leave,
there will be 8. Everyone goes home to pay the piper though some
have been here since Nov. 1 |
Getting
closer to Harvey's spot Number 38. |
Looks pretty
good sitting there eh? |
Just after
we arrived .... notice the rigs behind us. Here, I'm doing what I
do best .... |
Looking down the road from our spot. Only two rigs left here |
Half way
through the second week, the view behind us. Notice the lack of
company |
Friday is
the long awaited arrival of the Veg and Fruit man from Kino. Look
at the angle that truck is on and they have taken half the load
off. When they arrived, the front of the truck must have been
looking for satellites. |
Even in
Mexico Saint Patrick's Day must be celebrated. Remember, there
are only two types of people in the world .... those who are Irish and
those who wish they were!!!! Big Dinner pool side was laid on |
Corned Beef,
Cabbage, Boiled Potatoes and Soda Bread .... WOW. The people
sitting with us are Richard and Ester and Maurice's Cousin from Toronto
who flew in for Spring Break |
By the 17th
there were fewer and fewer of us but that meant there was more food !!!! |
We have had
a few cloudy days and that means spectacular sun sets .... |
These shots
really don't do justice to the strength and beauty of the scene |
Sunset
behind Harvey's site |
A Cardon
Cactus -- looked more like a menorah ... though it does have more than
nine branches |
You have to
look carefully here but it is a hummingbird on its nest |
I had never
seen a hummingbird not flying and this little lady made sure the heat
did not get too high on her egg. We were not there long enough to
see the hatching, unfortunately!!! |
The last day
at Kino Bay ... only 9 rigs were left when we departed. The
campsite has over 60 spaces when full. By April 3rd the place
will be empty ... season finished ... |
We have told
you about the road out to New Kino. Now, here it is ... in all
its glory and dust. 9.8 miles of washboard and potholes.... keeps
the faint of heart out ... |
Now, you may
wonder why Elsie in the Toad is following Harvey???? We were
concerned that it one of the hatches opens we could loose stuff ... So
Elsie ate dust ..... |
And what
dust she had to eat ... Must get the air cleaner in Harvey and
the Toad replaced when we get home!!! |
A rather
laconic sign at the end of the road. The 9.8 miles took us 1 1/2
hours to complete |
Homes along
side the Border Corridor leading to Customs |
Souvenir
shop along side the Toll Road |
US Border
... took us 30 minutes to navigate through this mess. The lanes
were poorly marked and there were many very impatient people causing
high angst among us in larger vehicles |
From here, we
headed back into the good ole US of A. Boy, did the roads ever
seem smooth north of the border. There was no problem crossing,
but the inspector did come on board and ask us if we had anyone hiding
in the bedroom ... more joking than serious, I think. The first
night was back to Amado where we stopped on the way down. The
total time from Kino Bay to Amado was 8 hours. We then over
nighted in Ehrenburg at a Western Horizon Campsite ( no charge Wheeee)
and headed to Pahrump Nevada for Easter. We will be leaving here
on Tuesday March 29th and heading home. Hopefully the
weather will co-operate, and we will have a sane trip ... but who knows
as it is still winter, I guess. We think that we will stop in
Reno for one night and then make it over the Siskiyou to the 7
Feathers Casino for one night, and then one more night somewhere in
southern Washington. Hope to be in Vancouver and the rain by
April 3rd to 4th. |
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