Mar 11, 2010 - Back at Las Glorias

We decided to spend an extra day here in Las Glorias. It is a beautiful spot and probably our last chance for any beach time while in Mexico. Tomorrow we will head inland to Alamos and then north to the border on Monday. We didn’t want to cross the border on Sunday afternoon because of all the traffic coming north from Puerto Penasco, so we had an extra day in our schedule and decided to spend it here. I’ve taken many pictures of this park before, but I’ve added a couple more from perhaps a new angle. It is a lovely park with gardens and an...

Jan 16, 2010 - Los Mochis to Playa Las Glorias

Leaving Los Mochis, our next stop was going to be Mazatlan, however we decided to take a little detour to Playa Las Glorias, a mere 65 miles (one way) off our "beaten path". Well, this was a very slow path indeed which took us through fertile farmlands on very narrow two lane rural (paved) roads lined on both sides by irrigation canals. We missed our first turn as the sign we were looking for was no longer in existence and ended up driving 5 more miles just to find a pull off large enough for us to make a u-turn. Nope, some of you could not...

Jan 6, 2010 - Mangrove Estuary Boat Ride

Jan 6 We had made arrangements yesterday to go on an estuary tour today. I had heard about a tour being offered by the local RV park manager, Horatio. One of the other couple camped here had told me it was great and if we could wait another day before traveling on they were sure we would enjoy it. We left this morning at 8:30 and headed out behind town to where the local fishermen live. We boarded a ponga and headed out through the mangroves, just removed from the open ocean. There is a large island, 27 kilometers long, that parallels the...

Jan 5, 2010 - Las Glorias

Today is a rest day and we all enjoyed it. We had leisurely coffee on the beach until around 11 then we all packed into the truck and went down to the little fishing village about 2 miles away from where we are staying. We found some fisherman and bought, I think, around 8 kilos of big prawns between us all. Then we wandered are way back to the RV’s and stopped in all the little abborettes (grocery stores) to find all the rest of the food we would put together for dinner. Heather had all 6 of us in her trailer for dinner and we had dinner...

Jan 4, 2010 - Mr Moro's

A long day’s drive today, almost 300 miles on some pretty rough and narrow roads. We entered the state of Sinaloa, a part of Mexico I really enjoy because it is the bread basket of the country, and actually provides produce for a lot to the U.S. and Canada too. They grow just about everything on this fertile soil and driving through is like taking a walk through a giant garden. Today we passed through hundreds of acres of corn, tomatoes, peppers of all types, onions and beans, and those were just a few things I could identify at 60...

Mar 18, 2008 - Las Glorias, Sinaloa, Mexico

We are back in Las Glorias, where we spent several days on our way south. It is a bit out of the way, but it’s such a nice beach we thought we would come back again. This may be our last “beach” stop this trip and we wanted stop pick up some shrimp, if any were available and enjoy the waves and weather. Unfortunately it is blowing quite hard here this afternoon, but the place is almost empty and we have another front row seat in our trailer where we can sit and watch the waves crash on to the beach. Ralph found a bonanza of shrimp in town...

Jan 30, 2008 - Las Glorias, Sinaloa, Mexico

Long travel day today but very interesting because we went from the state of Sonora into the state of Sinaloa. Sonora, at least this far west, is mostly desert, there are a few spots of agriculture interspersed with cactus, but not much else going on. There are huge distances between small towns and generally is a very impoverished state. Passing into Sinaloa is like a breath of fresh air. This state is primarily an agricultural state, with fertile soil for miles in this long green valley. It has the Gulf of California on one side and the...