December 2004. After entering Mexico from Texas, it took us about 5 hours to get to La Pesca, a fishing village of no particular character on the Gulf of Mexico. But along the Soto La Marina river, there were a series of country homes (some very elegant) and hotels.
A guidebook indicated that the Villa del Mar hotel had places that RVs could camp very inexpensively, so we tried them. With solar panels on Cando (our motorhome) and plenty of water in our tanks, they only charged us $6 a night. A peaceful spot. We got our internet satellite dish working.

…and sat back to enjoy the sunset. We liked this spot so much that we stayed a layover day there.