Welcome To Mexico!

We entered Mexico at the Lukeville, AZ border crossing. It took us all of 5 minutes to get through the crossing. There was only a coupe of vehicles in front of us and everything went smoothly. The border guards just smilled when we said we were going to Kino Bay. We did not get searched.

It was going to be a long drive today. Since we entered into Mexico at Sonoyta instead of Nogales, our time on the road was increased by about two hours. Coupe this with the road construction on Rt. 2 and we had our work cut out for us. Rt. 2 is about a lane and a half wide so when you see another truck coming at you, you had better move over to the extreme edge of the pavement to avoid getting your mirrors knocked off! We slowly got used to the road.

We got into road work and the detour was a very bumpy dirt road on the side of the new road. It was barely wide enough for two "normal" vehicles. It went on for many miles and we finally got back on pavement. The motorhome was totally covered in dirt and mud.

We turned onto Rt 15 at Santa Anna and headed south. This is a toll road and a little better highway than Rt. 2. This took us into Hermosillo. We took the bypass around this city of 1 million people and, before we got on the road heading toward Kino Bay, We got fuel at a Pemex station. All the fuel stations are owned by the Mexican government so the prices are all about the same.

We finally got to Old Kino Bay and encountered more road construction. Another dirt road which was very narrow. We actually made a wrong turn onto another dirt road and had to come back through the town, a small neighborhood, and back to the detour construction road. The detour signs say "devastaciõn" which means detour. I think they would be more correct calling this road construction "devastation"!!

Next we were in New Kino Bay. This road is right along the Sea of Cortez and had beautiful views. After about 3 miles of pavement, we turned right onto the terrible dirt road that takes you to the Kino Bay Western Horizons park. It was after 5pm so we did not want to chance driving the 12.2 miles of dirt road to the park before dark. We stayed at El Cactus RV park about a mile into the dirt road for the night. It had water, sewer and a 15 amp plug for electricity! We met Dan and Diane from Canada there. They were staying here for about three months.

Mid morning on the 18th, Peg and I, along with our traveling friends Chuck & Donna, headed for the "resort". Peg drove separately in the car and I navigated the motorhome over the treacherous road. It took 1.5 hours to go 12 miles so I was averaging about 7-8 mph. Any faster and something would break off the RV! Chuck and Donna had the drivers mirror loosen up and one of their sun shades above the windshield fell off on the journey.

One we made it to the resort, we saw how beautiful the area was. We are parked on what they call the peninsula overlooking the Sea of Cortez. It is fairly high on a bluff with a great view of the water and Tiburon Island. Our first sunset here was great and the sunrises equally as nice.

A few problems do exist...Our MotoSat Internet dish will not find the satellite this far south and our dome antenna for Dish Network TV does not work. Fortunately, I have a portable dish, and after four hours of playing with it, I got the Dish Network satellites locked in. Of course a big gust of wind knocked the tripod and dish over so I had to start from scratch again!! Got it tied down to the ground now and all is well. There is WiFi here at the park, so that saved us for Internet access.

Christmas is almost here as I write this with New Years close behind. This is a wonderful place to celebrate those two holidays, especially since most people in the states (and Canada) are shoveling snow right now!!!