The campground in Patzucaro is a little property just off the main road, five minutes down from the main square. Those are the entrance gates on the left, and that man and VW bug are props that I placed there to complete the picture.
Tzintzuntzan. I just love saying the name of this town. It’s just down the road a bit from Patzcuaro and on the hill overlooking the town is the archaeological site. It’s not that amazing, as far as Mexican archaeological sites go, but it’s on a nice hill overlooking the lake and town, and is just a pleasant place to spend a couple hours hanging out.
Down in town we stopped briefly to look at churches and things, but gorditas were what was on our mind. We walked up to our first/favorite street stand and found her shutting down for the day. We very nearly cried.
But then we found this little old lady. For days afterwards we talked about these gorditas. But now, as I am sitting here going through these pictures, it occurs to me that our idea of an incredible dining experience may differ pretty significantly from other people.
The kids found a blind snake while looking under rocks for bugs to collect. After forcing me to catch him, they decided that it was pretty awesome. Note: I am not in any way a fan of reptiles.
Yet another campground we’ve got all to ourselves.
Around Lake Patzcuaro are all sorts of small towns worth checking out. This is along the way to Erongarícuaro.
7 Comments on “Around Lake Patzcuaro”
I just love how colorful your life is! Makes me wish…
Pure… Brilliant.
Ah, the soul of wit.
The memories you two are making for Ouest and Lowe. You are to be commended!
Are your kids feeding those damn pigeons? Jeez, man. Those birds are a plague and do not need to be encouraged to hang around here. Let them go back to Guadalajara where they came from. I’ve written City Hall, encouraging it to hang signs on the Plaza Grande forbidding feeding, but I’ve been ignored so far.
Nice photos. I remember seeing you people walking around here.
Everybody has their own demons to battle. Good luck with yours.
Hey, I did compliment the nice photos.
Don’t blow off the pigeon thing. They are not nice birds. The population has increased significantly in downtown Pátzcuaro over the 17 years I have lived here. They roost in the attics of the historic buildings, leaving poop all over the place and doing structural damage due to their greatly increasing numbers. My sister-in-law owns one of those plaza mansions, and you have to see the damage to believe it. People, often tourists, love to feed the little buggers, which only gives the birds nice warm feelings about their life in Pátzcuaro.
Sin no more, por favor. There are other, less damaging, ways for kids to have fun.