Warm & sunny weather in Mazatlan

Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009





Yesterday was a quiet day cloudy, muggy and still quite warm. I didn't walk yesterday as it was raining in the morning but today is again sunny and warm and I had a good trudge up the beach.

We got down to the beach yesterday afternoon and there were some pretty good swells. The young guys from the back of the park (on Christmas break) had a ball. They boogied until they could hardly walk. Ah, to be that young again! Eric got in the water but I declined as it isn't much fun dodging the waves. The weather was cloudy but warm and we sat on the beach watching people swim and the pelicans do their ballet. The form a line and soar along the crest of the wave only inches above the water. They are really poetry in motion.



Last night quite a few people from the park went to one of the new condo outfits for free drinks and food and some sort of a sales pitch. We declined as we have no interest in buying a condo here and don't need the hassle of extra emails from a salesman. Late in the night we were treated to really loud Karaoke in Spanish by a woman who really couldn't sing at all. Bad enough in English but horrible in Spanish. It went on for a few hours at "you guessed it, maximum volume" and meant closing all the windows and vents to sleep. I'll bet it was coming from the condos that were giving out free food and booze as they are just up the street. Ah Mexico!



Daughters Krista and Erika don't read this next part!

Eric and I got out on the Harley for a short ride today and it was okay. Sam had asked us to go for a ride with he and wife Rita but since I haven't ridden much in the last couple of years we thought we'd better practise first. Eric has to really watch because - you guessed, it the Mexicans really like to pass on blind curves and the crest of hills! Anyway it's nice to get out on the Harley because you can really smell the countryside and you know cow shit, fresh dirt and okay, some garbage smells and a few dead animals too. It was nice and we'll do it again.



So tomorrow is New Years Eve and we have no plans to go out. We may take a ride on the Harley on New Years Day because if it's like Christmas day it will be really quiet. We'll see. We're getting better at navigating through traffic and are feeling more comfortable with the driving.