Our visit to Bahia de Kino pics:
Jackie and Louis on the dock, Pelican Island in the background
View from the Islandia RV Park:
Isla del pelícano at sunset
Jackie, Louis, and the Sea of Cortez: Un paseo tranquilo por la playa solitaria.
Our Rocinante:
Boon docking at Seven Feathers Casino in Canyonville, OR
Boon docking, dry docking, off-the-grid, dispersed camping, independent camping, free camping, park loting, Wal Marting, pioneering, living in the third-world, and just pull over to the side of the road, for God’s sake!
First, before I go any further, a caveat:
A good deal of these Mexico travel posts will be random and out of order, primarily because it takes a half-way decent internet signal to connect to my blog site and then to upload text and pictures. Unfortunately, more than half of Mexican RV parks have extremely poor internet signals, so I write in the mornings and post when I can.
An aside:
There’s a good deal to be said for being self-reliant. I’ve found the Mexican people as a rule to be more self-reliant than anybody else I’ve ever come across. I think that can be said of the Latin American world in general. This maybe true, maybe not; just an opinion, but I’ve seen evidence of this everywhere I’ve been thus far in Mexico.
For example, I’m always hearing or reading that if we ever have a mechanical breakdown, no need to worry; Mexico has superior mechanics. They can fix anything. And if they don’t have they tools they need, they’ll create their own. Unlike many American mechanics whose idea of auto repair is simply a “remove and replace” method of car repair, in the typical Mexican Pueblo, there are no north-of-the-border style auto parts stores. Certainly not here in Bahia de Kino. They’re all in the bigger Mexican cities. So if an alternator rotor is shot, they’ll just figure out a way to fix it without replacing it.
Because he couldn’t afford to buy one, Pablo, a local ironwood sculptor we know, built a table saw out of an old circular saw blade, a thick piece of plywood, and a salvaged washing machine motor, pulley and belt. It worked beautifully for cutting the ironwood to size.
This self-sufficiency and ingenuity is part of the culture. One morning when Jackie and I were on our way to the local panaderia for some fresh baked pan, I came across this old Toyota pick up in front of the local ferretería. Who needs a 1-ton flat bed truck when an old Toyota will do? The pick up is probably 80’s era with a load capacity of about 1000 lbs. By the look of it, the weight of the concrete blocks far exceeds that rating. The driver hopped in and nonchalantly drove away.
The local hardware store in Kino:
Call and Response 