Roca Azul and Lake Chapala

The year is 1969 and Maria is on vacation at a beautiful lake side retreat and it is here she must choose between the dashing, rich Javier and the passionate revolutionary Marco.  Will the comfort and confines of society win or the passion and adventure of the revolution?

Or…

A young couple risks all that they have on restoring a fading lakeside retreat to its former glory. What they don’t know is the horrible tragedy that occurred here, a horror so dark and deadly it threatens not only their future but their very lives.

If you have the script I have the place. 

Roca Azul is a fading early 1950’s to late 1960’s yacht club, that is spending it’s retirement as a RV spot, with weekend campers from Guadalajara and permanent residents from Canada and the US paying for it’s up keep.  We meant to stay 2 nights (which would have been about ½ a day too long) and ended up spending 3, the last one working on the rack on the truck.  I can’t say it is horrible, but I can’t say it is nice either, if you have an RV it would be perfect, but dry camping is a bit different and the coolness of the showers (and lack of toilet seats) made night 3 a little hard.  The grounds are beautiful but the lake is a bit of a walk, the pools are cold but I bet in the heat of summer they are a welcome relief.

 

 

Roca Azul is a very short distance but a fairly long ride from Jocotepec on the “Mexican” side of Lake Chapala.  Jocotepec is a quintessential Mexican town with a Xocalo, Church and dusty roads. 

 

On the other side of the lake is the largest (they claim) US expat settlement in the world.  You will find a Wal Mart and cute restaurants advertising both Mexican Food and European food.  We didn’t do much exploring there, just a drive in and out to the end of the road and back.  We did contemplate going out there for the chili cook off on Saturday, but decided street tacos and fewer Topes would work better for us.  We had an early drive to Guanjuato the next day after all.