Guadalajara

We spent two nights at San Jose del Tajos RV Park on the outskirts of Guadalajara . . . this time, just a stop-over where we provisioned up at the local "big box" stores, conveniently located within walking distance of the park, and prepared for our journey to Zacatecas, a city of 100,000 - one of Mexico's fabled "silver cities". The photo above was taken on our way out of Guadalajara.
Our park neighbors were Javier and familia, local Guadalajara residents who live near city center and enjoy getting away from the city on weekends. We had a wonderful "conversation", mostly in Spanish, about the beauty and the cultural richness of Zacatecas, as well as a warning about the windy conditions we could expect there. Javier, his wife, two daughters and mother seemed very comfortably situated in their camper that was not much bigger than ours! Their campsite was immaculate - raked daily and watered to keep the dust down.
On the other side of us was a group of young men who partied noisily in their trailer during most of the afternoon and then took off early in the evening . . . probably for the local nightspot where the music cranked up and went on until 4ish in the morning . . . a social piece of Mexican weekend culture that can be a difficult adjustment for gringo tourists who are "of a certain age"...