We have found our place

Rincon de Guayabitos, Niyarit

It turns out that Guayabitos is exactly what we have been looking for! We parked ourselves on the former patio of the hacienda that was long ago transformed into a trailer park. Because this spot is considered "overflow" we are far enough away from the side by side campers that we can leave our doors open at night and sleep with no shorts on!  We are surrounded by trees and assorted plants that provide tons of shade but those trees  are also home to the many varieties of birds that like to eat the berries from those trees!

Can you say "poop in your flip flops"?

We quickly learned to leave them under the van if we didn't want to wake to a surprise on our shoe.

The campground is a laid back sort of place and because it is so small only the smallest "rigs" can park here! We had only been parked for  few minutes when some fellow van campers came over to say hello. Marie's comment when she first saw the inside of our van was "wow, do you ever have a lot of ro0m in here!" That is so NOT true but it's all relative.

It was nice to receive such a warm welcome and we quickly made friends with a number of other people here too. 

Feb 14 - Valentines Day - a "rib cookoff" was planned. Someone else would do the cooking and all we had to do was bring a side dish! We were in. This was a great way to meet others in the campground and to share information  about other great places to travel in this diverse and fascinating country.

Plastic tables and chairs were "borrowed" from the hotel next door and everyone brought  their mismatched plates and cutlery. Some brought candles and others ate in the dark. Bowen and Remy were presented with the grand prize for winning the jungle bocce tournament earlier that afternoon and received a bottle of wine and a pirated copy of Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

The boys have had a hoot playing on the beach, boogie boarding, buying ice cream, sampling grilled fish and shrimp on a stick and begging us to make a purchase from the candy cart.

The ease with which we can hang out on the beach in Mexico is one of the things we love most. Eventually everything you could possible need (and loads of stuff you don't need) comes to you. We had been needing a large beach mat big enough for the 4 of us. That arrived one day too.