Travel - Alamos to Los Mochis
The local dogs, who like to start barking at sundown were in particularly fine form last night. At times it sounded like every dog in the town was barking, and it didn’t quit all night (a cacophony of dog barking - how’s that for the big word of the day). The local roosters tend to go off at all times of the night as well. We had a fairly short drive today, but it still had two road tolls, an agriculture check point, a military checkpoint and a police checkpoint. We breezed through all of them, only had to stop for tolls. The Sonoran desert gave way to agriculture land as we crossed into the state of Sinaloa which is well known for its fruit, produce and shrimp. Los Mochis is a fairly new city of half a million people with a very strong American influence; more modern looking, has a Costco, Walmart and lots of fast food restaurants. It was HOT when we arrived at the Copper Canyon RV Park, with our outside thermometer registering 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) in the sun. Still gets cool after sundown though which makes sleeping pleasant. We were the only RVs in the park once again, and it’s getting a bit rundown looking which illustrates how these people are hurting from the lack of tourists. The pet owners left for a while in the afternoon to take their “furry friends” to a local kennel for the duration of our Copper Canyon trip. After our usual happy hour, during which we were entertained by the resident free range chickens, we were transported by private bus to the Santa Anita Hotel for another very delicious gourmet dinner of GIANT shrimp. This is a pretty classy hotel and we felt a touch under-dressed.
The local dogs, who like to start barking at sundown were in particularly fine form last night. At times it sounded like every dog in the town was barking, and it didn’t quit all night (a cacophony of dog barking - how’s that for the big word of the day). The local roosters tend to go off at all times of the night as well. We had a fairly short drive today, but it still had two road tolls, an agriculture check point, a military checkpoint and a police checkpoint. We breezed through all of them, only had to stop for tolls. The Sonoran desert gave way to agriculture land as we crossed into the state of Sinaloa which is well known for its fruit, produce and shrimp. Los Mochis is a fairly new city of half a million people with a very strong American influence; more modern looking, has a Costco, Walmart and lots of fast food restaurants. It was HOT when we arrived at the Copper Canyon RV Park, with our outside thermometer registering 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) in the sun. Still gets cool after sundown though which makes sleeping pleasant. We were the only RVs in the park once again, and it’s getting a bit rundown looking which illustrates how these people are hurting from the lack of tourists. The pet owners left for a while in the afternoon to take their “furry friends” to a local kennel for the duration of our Copper Canyon trip. After our usual happy hour, during which we were entertained by the resident free range chickens, we were transported by private bus to the Santa Anita Hotel for another very delicious gourmet dinner of GIANT shrimp. This is a pretty classy hotel and we felt a touch under-dressed.
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