We thoroughly enjoyed our two months in Mazatlan and could have easily spent more time there. Sad to say good bye to some great friends we made while there. We will ‘see you’ …that’s for sure!
We left Mazatlan on April 7th and drove to San Carlos. It was a long drive but not so bad since we hadn’t been travelling for a while.
We went through an agricultural inspection station on the way. Funny thing…they checked our fruits and confiscated one apple and one lime. I still had 4 apples and a dozen limes left in the bin. I am thinking that his wife told him he needed to pick up an apple and a lime from the store on the way home! Eduardo told us they confiscated a couple of his potatoes but not all of them. Too funny!
On route to San Carlos we blew a trailer tire. We were prepared; however, our jack was not up to the task.
After half an hour, we decided to get some help. The young boy on the far left ran down the road to the mechanic’s house but he wasn’t home. After a few phone calls, they arrived 15 minutes later and quickly got us back on our way to San Carlos. No-one spoke any english, so our Spanish was really put to the test here. Cost $250 pesos ($18 Canadian).
Made it to San Carlos and ran into some friends from Mazatlan that were heading up North as well. We had a wonderful evening with Teddy, Jim, Mike, Dawn and Eduardo.
Our friend, Eduardo from Drumheller, gave me a tour of San Carlos on the back of his Can-Am Spyder. Beautiful marinas and views. Thank you Eduardo!
Nogales Border Crossing April 10th: We were not looking forward to the border crossing after our experience crossing from Canada to the USA back in October. This time we were stuck in line for about half an hour through a windy street with a sign that we couldn’t interpret properly. We understood it to read: Danger if you are over 3 metres tall. Our rig is 3.5 metres tall and there was no way of turning around. Nobody spoke english and we didn’t understand most of what they were telling us in spanish when we asked about the sign. They did keep telling us to follow the bus that was further up in the line and they also kept saying one, two, three …right. In the end, we stayed in the right lane and eventually split away from the cars into the bus/rv lane. No problemo! We waited another half hour for the inspection and they asked us a couple questions about what we had in the way of produce and liquor. They inspected the trailer and quickly sent us on our way. No problemo!
Hasta luego Mexico! Next up…Tombstone, Arizona. We are currently at the Grand Canyon. I am a little behind on posts due to internet issues.
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😀 Hopefully, all will go as planned coming back! Nice to have some helpful bystanders for the tire.