Okay, so I let things slide for longer than a couple of days. It was my reading addiction, not too many margaritas. So, to continue with a few more pictures from our trip to Tlaquepaque. There are those readers who may not appreciate these picture of the clinic, but Phileta and I thought it was a classic. Where in the US would one see such honesty?
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| You know by now of our love of food from the street vendors. Here's a picture of the "best churros on terra firma" vendor that was on the corner from our "boutique" hotel. |
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We truly enjoy seeing the traditional mixed in with the modern. Okay, now I feel complete with the Tlaquepaque experience. |
We've made it through the worst of the heat and hurricanes are no longer a threat here. It is as we were told, "one day someone flips the switch and the high heat and humidity are history". Bizarre to think of 84 as cool. No more having the fans on day and night, no more putting the computer in the oven to guard against wayward lightning strikes. Daily rain showers and lightning/thunder storms have gone. Dock showers have less appeal and the warm water in the showers in the marina feels good . Blankets have even been seen in use as well as long sleeves. Now for some photos of how we handled the heat:
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| Catching raindrops & a breeze |
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| How Josie kept cool |
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| The trick is not to let skin touch skin |
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| Notice the ice pack on Phileta's neck |
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| Dock shower |
Linda and Dennis from s/v Rapture (AKA our favorite chiropractor & his receptionist wife) drove up in their sailboat last week and took us out sailing in celebration of Dennis's birthday. As we were leaving the marina, we saw little brown "bat" rays and Dennis commented on how there are lots of fish in the La Cruz Marina. While out in the bay near Boca de Tomatlan I saw what I thought was a turtle's flipper off in the distance. As Dennis sails the boat in that direction I see a huge (and I do mean huge) shape under the water. Wow, I thought, it's a whale! But no it was a giant ray with about a 12' wingspan!! I've heard about these guys but have never seen one. I'm sorry we did not get a picture of it. It was incredibly fast in diving away from us. We spent time sailing around in wide circles and finding more of these awesome creatures. I'm told they are extremely gentle and one can swim with them.
The state of Nayarit has been celebrating it's bicentennial and a week ago we had the good fortune to have a group of Cuban musicians play at the outdoor theater at the marina. It actually started in town and when I got out off the docks and started for town, I noticed a crowd of people coming my way with the music behind them. Three people dressed as clowns with stilt legs were playing drums & trumpet as they led the crowd into the marina. I got Phileta and we hopped in the dinghy and motored on over to the show. I had to go see it from the front, the music is the kind that I find hard to just sit still and listen. I even got dancing lessons from our local amiga.
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| Oh, to be able to move like this.. |
That's it for getting you all up to date. I'm finding I'm missing getting updates on the lives of members of our families and friends. Being able to talk on the phone was such a treat and I didn't realize that some people just don't do email, ever. Hard for me to imagine since writing is much easier than talking on the phone.
We hope to be out in the anchorage in the next few days where we will continue to check things off the to do list and enjoy some sailing too. Come mid-November the plan is to leave to go south stopping at Chamela, Tenacatita, Barra Navidad, Manzanillo, Zihuatanejo and then see if we still want to keep on going on down to El Salvadore. We will keep you posted, especially if anything exciting happens.
Love and Light to all,
D & P
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