New Home - Lo de Marcos

January 24, 2008 by Rick and Tinka.

Well, we moved from Sayulita and up the road about 12 miles to Ron’s RV Park in the town of Lo de Marcos.   

Lo de Marcos, a small town of some 2,500 people, is easily accessible by National Highway 200 from the north (San Blas: 1½ hrs) or from the south (Puerto Vallarta: 1 hr) and by National Highway 15 from the east (Guadalajara: 4 hrs).   Lo de Marcos is surrounded by hills covered with lush semi-tropical vegetation, has beautiful beaches and enjoys summer-time weather year around.  And, unlike the neighboring tourist towns, Lo de Marcos has maintained its small-town charm and unhurried life style. With the exception of Holy Week, around Easter, Lo de Marcos remains unperturbed by the hustle-bustle of the outside world. The casual tourist or would-be resident finds a tranquil atmosphere, friendly people and a welcoming attitude where discos, fast-food joints and malls have not yet intruded. 

Lo de Marcos is home to about 7 or 8 RV parks.  The largest, Villas Tlaquepaque and Trailer Park also know as El Refugio, has a couple of hundred spaces, pools, beach access and is associated with a really nice hotel.  Two new parks opened in December.   One has the barest of essentials, and the sign labels itself as “New RV Park”.  Another is Savage RV Park which is very nice with a small pool and will handle 15  rigs.   Construction is underway for a new park that will accomodate about 50 rigs. 

  Ron’s RV Park is about a block off of the beach and has been in business for 5 years and is quite unique, as Mexican RV parks go.  The facilities are more like you might find in the US or Canada.  The power is good, water pressure good, the grounds are spotless and they didn’t hold back on pouring cement.  We’re not burdened with the sand and dust that generally filters through the air and settles on everything.  There is even a separate parking lot for the trucks and tow vehicles.

Backing the rig in from the street was a snap with Ron’s guidance.

Those of you that are experiencing winter may not show much sympathy, but for the past 3 weeks, we have suffered through a cold spell.  Most of the regulars indicate that this is the coldest that they have ever seen it here.  Some days only get up into the mid-70’s and the nights are down-right cold, approaching 60 degrees.

Our next door neighbors threw a fish fry the other night with some halibut and salmon that they brought with them from Alaska.  We gathered at the palapa nearest the pool for the party.  You can see how everyone  is bundled up. 

 We ate at tables on the other side of the pool.

You’ll be relieved to know that our cold snap is finished and with the help of the solar cover for the pool, the water is above 80 degrees.

The only blemish on the last few days happened when the microwave door-release button failed, trapping our thawing steaks that were destined for the hot grill.  Removal and dissassembly of the entire oven was required to get to the release mechanism.  4-hours and a little super glue fixed it right up.    I can’t believe it, but one guy on our Montana Forum had already prepared a slideshow demonstrating the repair.  I guess we’re not the first to experience this problem.  By the way, the steaks were thawed out by the time I got the door to open the next afternoon.

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