Friday, March 8th, we began our northbound trek. We again stopped at Maruata. We pulled into town at about 3:00 p.m. Village kids, recognizing our rig waved and ran along side as we drove through the town. Senor Juantino Chavez, seemed genuinely glad to see us return. Before we left Zihuatanejo, we bought Senora Reynalda Chavez, a large reusable plastic bowl and filled it with fresh fruit and vegetables plus a jar of good quality instant coffee. The kids watched us - and tried to help us set up camp - before asking for chocolito. We had handed out handfuls of Costco's Hershey bars previously. "No tengo." We really did want to bring chocolate to the kids but what little chocolate we found in Zihuatanejo's only supermarket was ridiculously overpriced so we bought Oreo cookies and
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