Dont drop the soap... in the ocean.

So we made it out of Guaymas (which means more fantastic), and we drove through Los Mochis looking for a ferry to Baja but decided to push on to Culiacan and then to Mazatlan. We rolled in to the coastal town of Mazatlan and had a much harder time finding the beach than one would expect. We got some Mexican food at a restaurant frequente by gringos and then did some walking around, met some people from North Dakota who I would describe as a long way from home. After some exploring we came to an empty pay parking lot that backs right up to the beach, so we conspired to park our van right at the back almost where the beach starts. The van became stuck immediately which surprised no one, but luckily there were three Garbage men sitting across the way laughing at us the whole time who offered to pull us out, Ill post the pictures to Flickr of the ordeal. So at this point the van is parked safely on the hard-packed parking area, and after taking in the beautiful ocean view with a full moon rising, its decidedly time to break out the soap and bathe in the water. Half a bottle of wine(thanks to Carl) and two bars of soap later, were headed back to the van where the Policia are waiting to make sure we know how wrong it is to swim at the beach. Maybe it was the dozens of puffer fish washing up on shore they were worried about, who can say.
Anyways, were headed for Guadalajara today and I think we might just push through past Mexico City. Its a pretty ambitious drive but we all feel like Mexico City is not somewhere we want to spend time or be overnight. So no idea if they have Burger Kings of free wi-fi that far south but we'll be in touch and I'll be posting pictures whenever possible.
Until next time,
Dean