Puerto Vallarta to Mazatlan
January 5, 2010

Lumber yard
Lumber
Road to Mazatlan
Bev's Statue
Bev's statue maker

Today was probably our longest day of driving and it was to say the least brutal. Really got on both of our nerves. We left PV at 8:00 AM for what was to be a 7 hour drive and got to out campground in Mazatlan at 7:30 PM. The last hour was driving in the dark and that is no fun when you are in the country or city in Mexico.
The campground that we are in is the same one that we stayed in on the way down so that is nice except now it is virtually filled with RVs. When we came down the place wasn’t even 25% full. Gosh what a difference just three to five months makes.
We starter out on Mex 200 north which is again a windy two lane road through the mountains heading toward Tepic. It seems that all we have done is cross mountains wherever we go. So when we arrived in Tepic it was good to see a cuota road again and know that we would be on a straight highway for a change.
Some of things that delayed us going out of PV were a stop at two lumber yards to get some wood. There was a further delay here as they had to cut the partial log that I selected into boards. But after that the parote wood that I got was stored into the living section of the RV and we were on the road again. About a two hour delay.
Then there was a delay to get stocked up with food at one of the large Sarriana stores and that took about an hour.
One more delay stopping to look at some wood carvings along the way and then purchasing a really nice one for Bev.
Then there was a delay to have lunch at a roadside pallapa restaurant and that was really slow service but the food was great. I had a pineapple that was sliced in half and then scooped out. Next they added hot shrimp, scallops, octopus, pineapple slices, tomatoes and onions. That was topped with a white cheese. UMMMMM good.
So all of these delays and then we could not find a spot to stay closer than Mazatlan. So here we are tired and grouchy. Well tomorrow will be a better day and we will sleep in. At least now I feel that we are out of the mountains and it should be all nice roads from here to home.