It’s always great being back in Nayarit. So many fun memories here over the past five years. It’s a place we keep coming back to, and Lo de Marcos, these days, is our home base.
On our first morning back in town, we couldn’t resist a stop at Waterman for coffee. We couldn’t linger too long—we had other important matters to attend to…
Few beaches in Mexico offer such an ideal mix of kid-friendliness and light wave action. Most days, you can choose between body boarding or heading a bit farther out and bobbing around just beyond the break.
Our Mexico-USA RV Journey 2024-25
The boys would probably live here forever if they could. Lori and I aren’t exactly against the idea. It’s always those pesky little details that we get hung up on, like housing availability and school when they’re older. But we do love our time here.
I saw a pre-marinaded pack of arrachera at the mini super and thought to myself, “Now there’s something I haven’t tried cooking.” Turned out awesome with minimal effort.
Five years in Mexico and I’m just now discovering I could have easily made arrachera at home all this time!
Riley actually smiled for a picture!
Lo de Marcos has more RV parks than anywhere else in Mexico that I know of (with maybe the exception of Monte Gordo in Veracruz). One of the big bonuses of staying at this particular RV park is the Polish-Canadian family we’ve befriended over the past two seasons here. The boys always have a buddy to play with.
It’s official! Riley finished first grade with flying colors. Thanks in no small part to Teacher Mommy. He’s very proud of his accomplishment, and so are we. He’s a good little student.
On Tuesday, it was time to take the bus down to Sayulita to see what’s new there.
That’s the Riley I’m used to!
First stop, Anchor Cafe for our favorite treats.
Anchor’s famous Chido Chia smoothie. So good and so big. He and Noe split that. There’s no way they can get through one on their own.
In some ways, it feels like a lifetime since we lived here. In other ways, it feels like yesterday. 2020 and 2021 were a different time, and a lot’s happened in the world and in our own lives since then.
Still, some of the best memories I think we’ll ever have of living in Mexico will always be from zipping off on our little golf cart to the beach on almost a daily basis, watching the kids get more and more confident in the ocean as swimmers and turning into the hikers we know and love today.
Sayulita’s great. But we realized long ago, it’s not a place we can see ourselves living again any time soon. Still, it’s always fun to be back, take a trip down memory lane, and check out what’s changed.
One thing that hasn’t changed is the iguana tree a block off from the beach, still swarming with our scaly friends.
This place is a new addition. It was under construction last year and seemed a bit out of place then. Now, it’s evident that this is the direction things are headed. Boutique, upmarket, Instagram-worthy, and decidedly not our scene.
The number of beach chairs and umbrellas on the beach seems to grow by the year. They’ve now spread west, spilling into the fishermen’s end of the beach where the kids used to play.
Lots of surfers out today. Hopefully, they’ve addressed the sewage issue that’s plagued Sayulita for years.
Every couple of years, they seem to do some big upgrade to the treatment facilities, then a hurricane hits or a pipe cracks, swimmers get sick, and they’re back to square one. Rinse and repeat.
Not sure where in the cycle things are at right now, so we simply waited until we were back in Lo de Marcos for beach time.
The boys spent hours upon hours splashing around the old “rock beach” back in the day. The hurricane in August of 2021 redirected the arroyo and covered the rocks in a thick layer of sand. It was never quite the same for the rest of our time in Nayarit.
Seems things have cycled back around.
When Riley was a little tike, he’d scream “Barco Bilo!” every time we passed this boat. He doesn’t remember that, but we’re sure to remind him every time we pass it now.
El Original’s looking mighty rough these days. Hopefully they’re just doing a remodel. Hard to tell in Mexico sometimes.
The boys are long overdue for a trim. We wanted to wait until we got back to Sayulita. The ladies at El Corte always do a nice job with their long wavy locks. And mine as well.
An all-around really nice day in Sayulita, and great one to end on. Been a great ride, and this town’s been very good to us over the years. It’s hard to believe we might not be back here for many years.
Later that evening, back in Lo de Marcos…
