The plan for the next month

Yesterday, we left the Oasis Balneario at about 11:00am, but it was about 1:30pm by the time we actually got on the road towards Guanajuato because we stopped in Dolores Hidalgo to do a big grocery shop and go to the bank.

After that, it was only about 80 kms (50 miles) to our destination.

It's all two lane highway to Guanajuato,  but it was a lot busier than we remember it being the last time we were on this road five years ago.

The highway.

Scenery along the way.

Passing through a town.

We had been to Bugamville RV Park in December of 2010...more than five years ago. Well a lot has changed in five years! We found the entrance with no problem, even though there is now a large commercial building built on the highway out front. 

Pulled in to the nearly empty RV Park. There was only one other rig here, a class B van with Michigan plates. There is probably room for about 35 rigs here, parked fairly close together. I made my way to the far end...Sherman likes his space!

I got us parked and levelled up and went in to the office.

As I said, we were here five years ago. In fact, I looked it up...it was November 30, 2010...

http://www.travelwithkevinandruth.com/2010/11/guanajuato-mexico.html

At the time, the rate was 170 pesos and we paid 150 because we weren't hooked up to his electricity. This time, I saw the price on the wall...it's now 280 pesos!

Again, we're not using electricity so we're paying 250 pesos ($20.00 CAD) per night. Pretty pricey for what you get. And no internet supplied, so we're on our own cellular connection once again. But unfortunately, this is the only game in town for anybody wanting to explore the city of Guanajuato.

On the other side of that wall is a construction equipment place. Lots of heavy trucks coming and going during working hours.

Sherman, in the big field.

The laundry building. We'll find out today if we have to pay extra to use the washing machine!

We get the impression that this place exists mainly to service the three or four RV caravans that come through each winter. It's certainly not a park that anybody would stay at for any length of time. Just enough to explore Guanajuato, then get out.

And of course that's the only reason that we're here. So we paid up for three nights until the rest of the group arrives here on Friday. Although had I realized what the price was, we may not have arrived quite this early. But now that we're here, it wasn't worth searching for somewhere else.

So...for the next month, we're going to be leading a group of 10 other RV's through some of the most interesting parts of Colonial Mexico. We've been to all of these places before, but it'll be fun to see them again, and to show them to a group of people who have never seen the area.

The caravan is part of the Caravanas de Mexico RV Tours. This tour departed Nogales, Arizona on January 9th and is an 82 day tour. We're taking over leading the group for 30 days of that 82 day tour.

There will be seven stops along the way. Guanajuato, Cuitzeo, Patzcuaro, Villa Corona, Jocotopec, Mazamitla, and ending on the beach at Melaque March 3rd.

There are a lot of tours included in the caravan. We'll be going to see the monarch butterflies, a few hot springs, some pyramids...and a few dinners and meetings with local dignitaries are included as well. It's going to be some work making sure that 20 people are always enjoying themselves, but this is Mexico...how could you not be having fun!?

Here's the approximate route for the next month...1,000 kms (620 miles).

It should be fun...I hope you follow along with us every day!

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