SOUTH OF THE BORDER Saturday, January 22, 2005


We are in a RV resort just outside El Golfo in Sonora, Mexico, 100 miles from Yuma, Arizona. We arrived here on Thursday with a caravan of about 18 coaches. Our trip down was uneventful once we passed through the small town of San Luis where the streets were a bit narrow and the local traffic somewhat frenzied. However, once past that short lived “nervousness” the roads were adequate in spite of not meeting our customary freeway expectations, but almost as good as many of California’s inferior asphalt “highways”.

On Friday we participated in a one mile hike into town (village) where points of interest were introduced to us and had lunch. Our RV overlooks the Sea of Cortez and other than an abundance of ATV’s operated by a feisty group of older children ranging in age somewhere between 60 and 90, the place is quiet and relaxing. We, unfortunately, do not have an ATV and thus, we are out of step with our more “hip” neighbors. Already Ken is trying to figure where and how he can add an ATV to his growing list of “toys”. Don’t hold your breath!

We have subscribed to the resident “wi-fi” resource and already posted our first e mails. Life seems good as long as we can maintain contact with our family and friends. Friday morning I decided to do a “real” breakfast and in anticipation, fired up the electric skillet and toaster which were on the same circuitry and blew the electricity to one side of the coach. Ken still has not been able to resolve the problem and while I am not too inconvenienced by lack of cooking amenities, we also lost the power to our television and that is an unacceptable inconvenience. If we are not successful in “troubleshooting” our electrical malady, we may leave at the end of the week. Ken is anxious to find the problem.

All is well in Mexico and our “digs” are quiet, safe and undisturbed. Perhaps I will try to be more prolific with my reports in view of my new found wireless dexterity.