Sometimes in Mexico you never quite know how something is going to happen...

Three years ago, Ruth and I had hopped on some local transportation and done a day trip to a waterfall. We suggested the trip to the group, and 10 of us decided to go. But it's tough to use local transport for a group of ten, so we contacted the same minibus company that had taken us to the butterflies, and they sent a van to pick us up at 10:00am.

But before we left, we had some laundry to do...

There is a lavanderia (laundry place) nearby, but we find that by doing a few items per day it's easy to keep up with the small stuff.

Ruth, using the washboard.

Hm. Not sure we can take much more of this. 

Think we'll head back to Canada!

The van picked us up, and our driver Victor took us to the town of Donato Guerra. What a beautiful little town. It's off the beaten path and doesn't get many gringo visitors. We could live there.

We stopped at the mirador (viewpoint) heading down into the valley.

The ladies.

And the guys.

It was a Sunday, so the church was busy.

 And market day is also on a Sunday in Donato Guerra. We had told the group to take 20 minutes to wander around, but we really should have allowed more time. It was actually a pretty big market with lots of interesting stuff!

Chicks for sale.

The plaza still has the Christmas decorations up. 

Hm, what is this?

Some type of little fish with salsa.

And this lady was making chicharron... deep fried pork rind.

We bought a small bag. 

Roy can always sniff out the ice cream guy!

10 pesos ($0.52 USD, $0.72 CAD) for an ice cream cone.

From there, we hopped back in the van and Victor took us to Ixtapan del Oro. It's a nice little town too, but it was also market day there, and it was really busy. We actually had a hard time getting through town. It would have been tough to find a parking spot, so we continued on to the waterfall.

The waterfall is located in a state park... Parque El Salto Chihuahua. It's at GPS 19.280506, -100.252460.

It's a pretty impressive waterfall!

Ruth, standing at the bottom!

Victor took a photo of us.

Back row: Roy, Wendy, Ruth, Kevin, Lynnette, Paul

Front row: Garth, Sue, Denise, Bob.

Another view.

Bob, Denise, and Ruth and I hiked up the hill to the picnic and tent camping area. On the way up there, one of us noticed the ground moving. I mean, it wasn't an earthquake or anything... it just looked like something moving. It turned out to be thousands of some type of daddy longlegs...

Very creepy. Never seen anything like it.The photo doesn't do it justice. 

I tried taking a video too, but it didn't show them very well either.

Another view.

The picnic and tent camping area.

We found another spot by the river to have lunch.

Then it was time for the drive back home. Arrived back to the RVs around 3:30pm and I had a nap!

The van cost us 2500 pesos this time... a slightly further distance than when we went to see the butterflies. Still, at 250 pesos ($13 USD, $17.50 CAD) per person, a good deal for a day trip.

We had bought some fresh peas at the market for dinner.

Oh, another story to tell!

A few of the rigs are getting low on propane. I had told the group at the beginning of the trip that propane is readily available in Mexico, and most of the time we have no problem getting a propane truck to come to us and fill us up where we are parked. We have never had a problem getting propane in Mexico.

Of course they were about to prove me wrong. I had asked Chago a few days ago to see about getting us some propane, but there is a problem in this area right now. They have propane... but they have no fuel for the propane truck itself! All three gas stations in Valle de Bravo have been out of fuel for the last few days, although yesterday when we headed out of town there was a big lineup at the one station, so they must have had an overnight delivery.

After supper, we are just relaxing in the motorhome. There's a knock on the door, and it's Denise saying that a propane truck is here! Huh? At 7:30pm on a Sunday night??

Yep, sure enough. And Chago was out there with the propane guys. But there was another problem... and I was trying to understand what it was. It sounded like they didn't have very much propane, and they were only going to give us a small amount each and it would cost 300 pesos ($15.50 USD, $21 CAD) each rig.

But I thought it sounded expensive and wanted to make sure we weren't being ripped off. Propane currently in this area is 10.15 pesos per liter.

Anyhow, I misunderstood, and Chago went to get a lady staying nearby who speaks some English. Through her, we found out that yes, they are low on propane, and yes, they are going to only put 300 pesos worth in each rig... however it is at the price of 10.15 pesos per liter.

So it was all good, and those who needed propane got enough to do them for a week or two. We'll get some more at the next stop. One of the things I love about Mexico is that sometimes you never quite know how something is going to happen... but somehow they make it happen!

Another great day in Mexico. Today is a free day, with nothing planned. However, I have some puttering around on the motorhome to do, and I want to go for a bike ride on a different route leading out of here to make sure that it's motorhome friendly.

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