November 24th - Tuesday

After nearly a month of practice, we have come close to achieving the ideal today; we did absolutely
nothing.  Nada.  We had breakfast by the pool this morning, Huevos Rancheros with freshly made salsa for me, and pancakes and eggs for Nancy.
A solo woman in a 24 foot class C overnighted next to us last night.  She is headed further south, to La Manzanilla, on the same bay as Bocca Beach.  She said the hurricane damage in the area was significant, including three foot drifts of beach sand everywhere.  Locals are still struggling to recover.  Her route south of here would normally be approx. 4 hours, except that three bridges are out, which will result in detours of over 6 hours.  She headed out at first light today.  There are a surprising number of older women travelling solo; many are experienced Mexican travellers that have been widowed, but have the know-how and confidence to continue.
The park continues to fill up as people filter south.  Manitobans and Ontarians are now showing up, having taken the overland route through Laredo or Matamoros.  The ambitious do the crossing in two long days, mostly due to a lack of suitable campgrounds, between here and the US border.  This results in overlong days of driving, so we are taking notes on the routes and stopping points of those that take three days or longer.