NASCAR RACE CONTINUED

MARCH 9-11, 2007This car is leaving the "Pit" and headed to the race track.

John was drooling over this toolbox!!!!
or should I say toybox!!!

He we are the happy workkampers. Behind us was the truck parade- inside all of these trucks are the race cars and tools and stuff. This was the main gate we were guarding, when we were not out on patrol..

Race Day!! This is a view of the track from the grandstand

Opps had a little fender bender!!
No one hurt!!!

LAS VEGAS NASCAR

MARCH 9-11, 2007

We arrived at the Las Vegas Speedway and our assignment is the infield parking lot below is our motorhome right across from the turn!!! We think this is going to be a lot of fun- we have our schedules and are ready to go........ 8 on/off we will be working with 11 other couples this lot is reserved for over 1200 RVs. Parking spaces in this lot sell for $800 for the race!!! A lot of dough for a small loaf of bread- the parking spaces are 20 x 45. This should be a PARTY!!!!

Stay Tuned

ASTA LA VISTA- SAN CARLOS!!!

We are going to miss you!!!

We have really enjoyed our time in Mexico and look forward to returning!!!

Next stop LAS VEGAS NASCAR!!!

Camp Totonaka Mexican Cooking Class of 07
Our Field Trip to Guaymas


Our campground gives free Mexican cooking classes twice a week. They are a lot of fun. This week we learned about all the different chilies and how to make fresh salsa, next week the class is all about Mexican cheeses. We take the city bus to the Mercado in Guaymas to buy fresh ingredients for our salsa. Maria our leader gave us a complete tour of the Mercado.


Here we are buying all of our ingredients. Then we head back to the campground and all begin to make our salsas for the tasting party!




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Pearl Farm Tour
This is the pearl farm. We had a short tour and found a few interesting facts about pearls. It takes about 3 1/2 years to cultivate a pearl. Very labor intensive! This is the only place in the world where the rainbow pearls come from. I did not know there were rainbow pearls.


The workers remove the bags of oysters and clean the shell so the oyster is free to open and close. The fellow in the back checks each of the cleaned oysters and puts them back into the cage and this process is repeated again and again until you have a pearl.


After our tour at the pearl farm, we found this charming little beach restaurant and had nice lunch and a pleasant walk on the beach.

Guaymas Carnival Mardi Gras 2007 The Policia, clearing the road for the parade
The three Amigos- waiting for the parade to start
Still no Parade keep waiting
Just in case you are hungry these guys have snacks-

Still waiting for the paradeFianally the parade begins, this band marched in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena,
CA
This is one of the floats
This is the second half of the above float

OUR FISHING STORY...and we are stickin to it!!!

Here we are 4 hopefulls- Looking for the Big One- We left the boat dock at 8 am for a 3 hour tour, hmm where have I heard that phrase before? It was just the four of us on the boat . Looking back I think other passengers cancelled because of the weather. When we hit the open sea the swells were pretty bad the boat was rocking and heaving and what did we find in the water.....The Captian notices there is a boat adrift no one around, there was a sailboat up ahead, it could have been his dingy he may have lost it due to the conditions of the sea. We stop and haul the boat in our boat with the help of both Johns. I was trying to hold on for dear life and was not thinking about taking pictures it was kind of comical trying to get that boat in ours between the size of the boat and our boat rocking wildly. Luckily know fell overboard!! If you click on the picture it will enlarge it and you can tell how rough the sea was.Fianlly the boat is aboard- and we wonder is this the Big Catch of the Day!!! This boat is a fold a boat. It held up pretty well considering the conditions of the Sea. All tho I would not have wanted to be in this boat. The only person who knew how to fold this boat was John C- after the boat was folded and stowed away- we took off looking for fish. We didn't have too much luck in the open water, I think due to the swells, we even had a hard time getting the anchor to catch.Our Captain did manage to find a cove for us to fish in and we all caught plenty of fish. We caught Perch, Sea Bass, Triger Fish, Macrel. John R caught the first fish, John C caught the last fish of the day, and Betsy caught two fish at a time. I caught a couple, but, I got very sea sick. By the time we finished fishing and found the cove for Lunch my stomach settled down.
After about 3 hours of fishing we stopped and the Captian and his first mate took all the fish we caught and cooked us up some wonderful fish tacos......
We had a great trip with great friends!!

Out & About in San Carlos, Mexico

Leaving downtown Hermisillo- Mexico Hwy 15 heading into San Carlos

We have arrived and now we are ready to head out to explore the area. The weather has been great so far, we arrived it was in the low 90's this morning mid 80's.

We have spent a wonderful week here in Kino Bay (we will be back)
Asta La Vista Bahia Kino.
Next stop San Carlos!!!

These are the sights around Kino Bay I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed the scenery. We ended the day watching the sunset and drinking margaritas at Jorges on the beach- What a life......

Hermisillo, Sonora, Mexico

Hermisillo is known for its Sonora Beef and CarneAsada

We went looking for the best CarneAsada, I think we may have found it
Look at the size of the torillias

This is the beach behind our campground.

Some of the best tortillias come from this little shop

Our Superbowl Party. We bought some shrimp, scallops and sea bass and grilled them up and ate them with fresh tortillas and some cervesa!!!

Our morning beach walk not a sole on the beach
but us......







Murphy was checking out the water








We passed this beach house this morning on our walk
I just loved all the bright colors

Kino Bay RV Park

We arrived in Kino Bay this afternoon. We are very happy with the campground we chose. The drive in was great the roads were much better than I had expected and the scenery was just wonderful. We spent about an hour at KM 21 getting all our papers in order, then we were on our way. We did run into some fog early this morning, but after the fog cleared it was clear sailing.

Jorges on the Beach

I told you we would be in town just in time for happy hour

John & Betsy Crawford and us.