Big RV arrived in Zihuatanejo today
Cocktail time on our terrace (while the jack hammer backhoe was tearing out a wall) and probably a 40 foot Class A drove by the house heading to one of our two RV parks. No visible license plate. ...
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I came across a 1999 copy of Mike & Terri Church's guide to Mexico Camping yesterday and thumbed through places I know in Mexico - specifically Mazatlan and Teacapan. It's staggering how many of the campgrounds listed as open in 1999 are no longer open. In many cases the campgrounds closed but the land the campground occupied remains vacant.
Unfortunately we did not start RVing in Mexico until 1999 but we did experience what it was back in the heyday.
First American campers stopped camping in Mexico - whether that was caused by the tech stock bubble bursting or September 11th I do not know but the tap was abruptly shut off. Even the Canadian campers use of Mexico trailer parks tapered off - maybe due in part to rising fuel prices in Mexico and currency exchange rates or maybe the media's coverage of drug cartel violence. Nine round trips to Sinaloa with an RV and 6 on a motorcycle throughout Mexico were safe and enjoyable.
In retrospect maybe $10 a night full hookup oceanfront campsites were worth more. Had we not been so stingy maybe the Mexico trailer park owners would have found the business worthwhile.
Unfortunately we did not start RVing in Mexico until 1999 but we did experience what it was back in the heyday.
First American campers stopped camping in Mexico - whether that was caused by the tech stock bubble bursting or September 11th I do not know but the tap was abruptly shut off. Even the Canadian campers use of Mexico trailer parks tapered off - maybe due in part to rising fuel prices in Mexico and currency exchange rates or maybe the media's coverage of drug cartel violence. Nine round trips to Sinaloa with an RV and 6 on a motorcycle throughout Mexico were safe and enjoyable.
In retrospect maybe $10 a night full hookup oceanfront campsites were worth more. Had we not been so stingy maybe the Mexico trailer park owners would have found the business worthwhile.
