March 18, 2020
In the light of the morning the water park was OK but tiny. I think we could have stayed and used the facilities for the day if we wanted but it wasn’t that nice with just one small pool with a kiddie waterslide. We decided to push on to Oaxaca.
It was a three hour drive to Oaxaca but since we stopped for lunch along the roadside it took us four hours. The drive was nice with decent roads although we had to stop several times to pay the tolls that cost about US$20 in total. We were going to the EL Rancho RV park which had been recommended by several travelers we had met and when we arrived the park did not disappoint.
The park was nicely landscaped, had a very nice little pool with warm water, a nice covered outdoor patio area with kitchen and TV along with nice bathrooms with toilet paper, and showers with very hot water. There was even a play structure for the kids. Frankly the El Rancho was the best RV park we had seen in Mexico so far and would compare favorably with most RV parks in the US. Best of all it was only 1,200 pesos a week which was almost half the price of what we were paying in San Miguel.
As we arrived and settled in, we found an additional bonus that there were other kids in the RV park. We immediately settled in, changed into our swim suits and jumped into the pool. It was so nice to be in the shady pool on the hot day. We quickly concluded that we had found our bolt hole. A few hours later Jason and Kara arrived too!
