I know I left off last time promising that the next update would be for Copper Canyon. Well, we’ve been there and done that, as they say, but that’s a story for next time, lest the stories get too long and boring!

I’ve been thinking about a few interesting numbers lately:

Days on the road: 190
Miles traveled: 16500
Countries visited: 3
States visited (including Mexican states and Canadian provinces): 20
Days since last van breakdown: 12
Number of tacos consumed: innumerable

Since Monday was spent trying in vain to reproduce the power issues in the van, we decided to spend Tuesday in the condo we had rented, knowing that it would take us a long time to re-pack the van after having moved most of our stuff inside. We enjoyed one last evening of beer and margaritas and conveniently, someone stopped by selling scallops for which we fried up in some garlic and tequila.

Playing in the waves with the donut Quinn got for his birthday

A labor of love

Our last Kino sunset

Even though we tried to get most of our stuff packed the day before, it still took us until nearly noon before we rolled out of town on New Years day. We made the short drive to San Carlos since El Fuerte, where we were to pick up the Copper Canyon train, was still a long distance away.

San Carlos was very nice. Much more developed than Kino with more amenities, people, and higher prices. We thought the beach was nicer in Kino, but we didn’t get to explore all of the beaches around San Carlos.

We had a good dinner of seafood at a restaurant where we watched the sun set over the Gulf of California. Even though we had celebrated Quinn’s birthday a few days earlier, we took advantage of the opportunity to ask the mariachi players in the restaurant to sing happy birthday to him in Spanish and English.

The next day was a long drive to El Fuerte. We arrived just in time to buy a few snacks for the train before turning in for the night.

The beach in San Carlos

Looks like the second and third stories never quite made it…

Seagulls swarming outside the restaurant

Happy birthday to Quinn!