Camping in Mexico is so easy!

Tenacatita, Jalisco - cont'd 

March 3 - 10 , 2009

Even though the beach at Tenacatitia seems somewhat remote from the amenities of the town we found it to be an incredibly easy place to camp. The first morning we were there we were delighted to find that the necessities of life will eventually come to us! 

The water truck carrying 18 litre bottles of purified water ( just like the ones at home) came through every day. It killed Remy to fill our solar shower with purchased water but once I pointed out to him that we pay for water one way or the other either in camping fees or directly to the delivery guy he was OK with it.

In one day we had delivery of water, fruit and veggies, bread and pastries, tamales, ice cream and  the topper was the laundry truck! They pick up on Monday and deliver it cleaned and folded two days later. We even had flan - typical Mexican dessert similar to creme brulee delivered right to our lawn chairs. We heard that the Corona truck makes it's way there too but it didn't happen while we were there.

With our borrowed solar power panel we could have stayed forever. Life was very comfortable for us.

One of the drawbacks to camping though is that the only people we meet are older than us and of course don't have any kids with them. The boys have been great companions for each other but they are really aching for some kids their own age to play with. We were fortunate to meet Michelle, Brent, 2 year old Jasper and Elli the dog while we were camped in Melaque. We convinced them to come with us to Tenacatita for a few days. They had been traveling southern Mexico and the interior while we had been in the north and along the coast so we were a good resource for each other. Hollis and Bowen had a hoot playing with Jasper and of course teaching him all kinds of grown up boy words like "Barack Obama", "General Zapata" and "I pity the fool!"

We took a boat tour through the mangroves with our new friends and spent the day bird watching and playing in the  foreign sand of Blue Bay.  What was supposed to be a 2 hour trip ended up being at least twice as long because our captain took another fare and abandoned us at the mouth of the estuary for a few hours. No problem- a restaurant and cold cervecas are never far away in Mexico so we happily ate ceviche and waited for his return. You can see from the photo of Hollis that he is really having a hard time relaxing here in Mexico- ya right.

The aerial shot above Tenacatita shows the three bays fairly well. If you look closely you can see our campervan at the north end of the beach on the right and sunset beach is the bay to the left. At the top of the picture you can see some of the town  where the restaurants and the long flat beach are located.   Heaven!

-Liz