We have arrived!

We are here!  So, we left Mazatlan a bit later then we anticipated (10:30am) and headed south towards Tepic.  The drive was absolutely awesome and more beautiful then we ever expected.  It took us almost 7 hours to get to lake Chapala, but that's because we got soooo lost in Guadalajara.  We missed the turn off for Chapala/Airport and found ourselves lost in the heart of the second largest city in all of Mexico. This was actually a city street in the heart of downtown.  I am so grateful for having our iPad with us.  You can actually get the Google Maps App to show you a detailed map.  You can't zoom in, but at least it helped guide us out of the city. 

We arrived at the house around 6:30pm, unpacked and then drove into the town of Ajijic.  The roads are all cobble stone and a bit bumpy.  It feels like Santa Barbara, CA with the water on one side and the mountains on the other.  We found the Jardin (town plaza) and the pier on the lake.  The weather is just incredible and the breeze feels just like the ocean, but a bit warmer then California.  There is a big park, soccer games, basketball, volleyball and kids all over the place.  It was now closing in on 9pm and we all had not eaten since 9am.  We did lose one more hour when we crossed into Central time zone, so it was a bit later then we anticipated.  Then we drove to the Plaza and parked, walked a block to the Jardin (plaza) and found a restaurant just closing down that let us in.  We all had burgers except for Tracy, she had a Steak sandwich and I of course had to sample the draft beer of the night, Modelo.  We met the nicest waiter, Daniel and he is also a chef that works in Cabo during the tourist season.  He was a super nice and helpful guy.  We are now getting the kids down and heading to bed to sleep for at least 10 hours.  I will post more soon.