Almost there

Wow, 4 days of driving from Denver. Stopped in New Mexico the first night, Nogales, AZ second night, Navojoa, MX. The third and Mazatlan tonight. Very easy drive so far. The Cuota (toll roads) are great and the Pemex gas stations are plentiful. Gas seems as much or even slightly less then back in parts tof the US. Hotels (very nice ones) have cost us less then $50 per night including dog and cat. The best breakfast (about $6 each)so far was in Navojoa at the El Rancho hotel restaurant just before the city on the right side of the 15D Mex highway. It finally sunk in today that we are deep in the heart of Mexico. We didn't run into anyone that spoke English until today in Los Mochis at a Pemex of all places. Nice young man who had lived in the San Gabriel valley for a few years, his English was perfect. It's amazing how easy it is to communicate with others using the very little Spanish we do know and a lot of body language. It has been a pretty fun trip down and our stay tonight in Mazatlan has been incredible. Many of you already know this, but if not, we have a time share in Mazatlan that we frequent every other year, so it felt a bit like coming home. We ate at the Plaze Mechado and took an open air taxi downtown, Zach was in heaven. Between seeing the ocean and "palm trees", and 80's rock and roll blaring on the stereo, he was all smiles. We returned to our digs for the night and sat outside visiting with our host and hostess. If your ever think of making a trip to Mazatlan, you gotta check in to Captain Moes B&B in the Golden Zone. It is beautiful and the Captain and Dorthy are wonderful. Well off to bed and up early to make it to Lake Chapala by 4:30pm tomorrow.