day 24 - may the 4th be with you, 2014

10:30 pm

well, last night was insane. the mexican wedding was basically a super loud, obnoxious version of a canadian wedding. there were slow, romantic songs punctuated by fireworks (which were set off about 20 feet from the defiant). there were spanish singers singing english songs, clearly not understanding the words and just sort of making appropriate sounds. there was the YMCA. there was drunken yelling, singing, tripping, dancing.

and yet (and if you know me, you know i sleep very lightly), i slept through almost all of it. i went to bed at 9:30 last night!! i'm not going to say i slept WELL, but i did sleep! until 9 this morning! at which point i felt like shit, but still!

we went into town today. however, as we were popping the camper down, BANG! same problem - stupid cable system. broken again. however mike seems to have fixed the alternator issue with WD40... the salt air is really kicking the defiant's ass! anyway, after a mostly uneventful trip to town, mike again fixed the camper, hopefully it'll be good to go for a while now...

when we got back to the campsite, some mexican family had poached our spot. this was fine, they moved when asked, except that after a hot sticky morning, all we wanted was a swim. well, our pool was BROWN with dirt. we emptied it and refilled it, and had our swims... we just wish we'd had them 3 hours earlier. also, there was some fairly unspeakable garbage in there that i won't even get into.

the kampground was packed with daytime partiers today, most of whom have just now left, and it was loud all afternoon. i'm all for a party, but after last night's craziness, and also given that they were line-dancing to a spanish rendition of achey breaky heart, i feel like i could have done without.

tomorrow, we're planning to take the bus into the city and explore a bit. it's cinco de mayo, and when we drove through town today, things were certainly in long-weekend swing, so i'm sure there will be fun to be had. we'd like to go explore some little markets, maybe check out the old town square, etc.