| Alamos is quite a tourist attraction so the state has
put some money into improving access. Here we are on a 'desviacion' as we
creep past a bridge being reconstructed. We crept while some idiot in a 4x4
shot past us raising so much dust we couldn't see. |  |
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Then back to Navajoa and across the Mex15 to the coast. The country here is
very flat with a lot of irrigated farming. Although it is not yet May, they
are already harvesting here with big John Deere harvesters. This is farming
on a large scale with quite a bit of money invested. |
| The grain silos are large too. These were small ones
at the farm. The ones at the railheads are about 10 times higher. Monsanto
does quite a bit of research in this area judging from the buildings we
passed. |  |
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This is the real pain of travelling in Mexico even on the 'motorways'. These
are 'topes' or 'sleeping policemen' as we know them. But these are really
vicious and can be as much as six inches high. They may also come in series
spread throughout an inhabited area. |
| This is a good one since it was signposted at 400m and
again at 150m and at the actual 'tope'. And the road surface is painted so
you can see it. Some are unmarked in any way and could take a tyre or even
your suspension out. |  |
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They also have 'vibradores' which are smaller (but still a couple of
inches). These are in sets of 10-15 and cover the whole width of the road.
They both really slow down traffic but it does knock at least 20mph off your
average speed since 10mph over these is too fast. On average we hit one or
the other every mile. |
| We got to Huatabampo and then really headed out into
the dunes to a small site at Huatabampito. The beach here is endless, and
empty.... |  |
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...in both directions - and you really are parked on the beach except the
surface of the campsite seems to be sandstone and well able to take our 7.5
tons. |
| The site faces south so the sunsets here aren't quite so
spectacular. It has spaces (with full hookups) for about 25 RVs but we were
the only occupant for most of the time. There were supposed to be showers
and a toilet block being built in 2004 but this is Mexico. |  |
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There were toilets in the cafe but only during working hours (10-7) We ate
there but for me, it may have been a mistake. |
| And then on to El Fuerte where we spotted this car
wash. Lightning McQueen (from the Cars movie) seems to be alive and hiding in Mexico
(perhaps he's a tax exile) and seems to have caught the imagination of kids
everywhere. |  |
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