Well, we couldn't hear the karaoke bar last night…! they had live music in the restaurant just below our room. It drowned out the karaoke. Turning the air conditioning up to "super chill mode" helped drown out the group and made sleep somewhat possible. Actually, they were quite good and if we hadn't been trying to sleep, they would have been nice to listen to.
We hopped into the truck in the morning and pointed ourselves north, up to the top of the Sea of Cortez, then east across the top where the Colorado River empties into the sea, and then back down south along the shoreline to Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico. Puerto Peñasco is located just across the sea from San Felipe.
The town reminds me of what San Felipe should be. A vibrant waterfront, with lots of activity, shops, restaurants, vendors and people and families everywhere all enjoying themselves.
The drive was easy once I had the GPS programmed correctly. At first I had things set for the shortest route, rather than the fastest route. Reason being, I wanted to follow the coastline rather than just take the major highway. What I didn't expect to encounter (silly me!) was dirt roads. This particular dirt road we started out on didn't have a good feeling to it. There were washouts and holes in the road that you couldn't see the bottom of. Just a real nasty looking road that had not seen much traffic (we could see tracks where they turned off earlier).
This doesn't show it well, but it's nasty!
Just around lunchtime, we drove past a truck selling shrimp cocktails in virtually the middle of nowhere. Had to stop; glad we did. Fresh and good. Filled the bill for lunch.
A driving tour around Puerto Peñasco to Sandy Beach and on to Rocky Point. Rocky Point was alive with activity. Tons of people crusin the street along the malecon and around the block to do it again, while people are laughing and playing on the walk. The shops and restaurants are all busy. Nice place.
We visit a few bars in search of the perfect spot for dinner. We found it but I suspect they are all good…
By the time we have finished dining, the Malecon is alive with Banda (small musical groups) with, again, clashing tunes emanating from multiple places. Families enjoying every beat and dancing all around. Looks like a party, sounds like one too! (Sure wish we could understand the words to the songs.)
The party continued well past the time we had called it quits for the night. We could hear it from our room. Es todo bien…
Tomorrow, we're heading back north of the southern border.
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