Off the Road in Mexico: 04/02/15

Well we finally left Lo de Marcos. It was not easy with the great beach, campground, people, and very nice location. We were starting to know some of the local people, the Chile Relleno lady, the server at our favorite palapa restaurant, all the staff at the campground, veggie truck guy and the gals always had their eyes open for Miguel, the whale watching fishing guide.

We drove through Guadalajara with our shiny freshly painted vans without an incident. That was a little stressful as there was heavy traffic, and some of the roads the GPS wanted us to take were closed for construction. As well we missed a turn or two on our packed 8 lane freeway. Guadalajara has over 4.4 million people and I'm sure we weren't the only ones to miss a turn or two that day.

We made it to Villa Corona before nightfall.

Two freshly painted shiny vans at Chimulco, in Villa Corona

We set up our vans, met the very friendly neighbours, had happy hour, then went to the centro for tacos. The campground we stayed at in the town of Villa Corona is called Chimulco. Chimulco is a water park/campground.

The town of Villa Corona is sitting on a major underground hot spring. The showers in the campground are fed by this water source, all the pools are refilled every morning from this water source, and most the town uses this water as its source.

First thing in the morning the pools are just like hot tubs, whereas later in the afternoon, when its warmer out, the pool is like a nice warm swimming pool. OK, that's probably enough rubbing that in.

We are now in the charming, colonial city of Patzcuaro.

This city sits at 7000 feet. This causes all kinds of problems. The eggs take longer to cook, and it cools off at night to fleecy temperature. But other than that, its real charming and has lots of character. Most the buildings are painted red and white. The city is on a hill so this creates some nice views as well. One thing we all enjoyed was watching the "Old Man Dance" in the square. Here is a short video.

Some of the old men are kind of young

The campground here is certainly very nice, about 8 small campers, very friendly people. Lydia has been doing lots of tai chi with some of the other ladies. There's a few other dogs to keep Kona entertained. Perhaps these photos can better describe the campground.

We have been uptown and downtown checking out the shops, markets and sights. There's lots of art work in this area of Michoacan and we have been lucky enough to come across a few deals. On today's agenda is a trip to the island,"Janitzio". I can't wait to report on what we see and experience there. I hear its very colorful.

Hasta Luego