Anniversary Woes

 39 years and counting!  WOW - have I really lasted that long with Glenn?  HA - just kidding!!  

I had great plans to go out and eat at my favorite shrimp place - La Gaviota!  We didn't end up eating there last year as whenever we went, it seemed to be closed!  But then I was reading the weekly news online for Los Barrilles and saw that they were having a parade in town at 5:00 and were blocking off the main street where the parade route would go - which of course is where the restaurant is!

So we decided we would do lunch instead of dinner - no problem!  But when we got in there, the restaurant was closed for remodeling - oh my gosh - will I ever get to eat there????  Finally figured out another place to go - we hadn't been there last year so were VERY surprised when we walked in and it was about 3 times the size as before and completely different!

The shrimp was quite expensive - so we just decided to split a meal (which was PLENTY as I don't eat that much)!  The shrimp was good but not excellent - oh well, we tried!

We decided to have a "fish night out" with our friends - where you take the fish in and they cook it along with serving sides!  Hillary and Eric, Del and Linda joined us - since I didn't get to wear a "dress" for our anniversary since it was at lunchtime, I wore a dress so we could get a nice picture!

Their pina coladas were VERY good - and dinner was great!  Served our fish cooked a couple of different ways along with salad, rice and beans!  And plenty of enjoyable company!

Glenn and Eric fished and they each got a dorado!

Tasha, one of my friends' daughter had texted us after we got down there and asked if she could stay with us for a week - needed some "alone" time and "beach" time!  She had been at our house a couple of times and we both really enjoy her so of course I said yes, even though we usually only allow 2 sets of visitors to come!

Turned out friends from W. Pk, Dave and Leslie were flying in the same day as her and they were on the same flight so it worked out great to have them bring her up with them!  We all met for a late lunch at El Panzon and it was great to see them!

Here's Tasha hanging out on the front porch!

We had a beautiful sunset that night!  Love that pink ocean!

And our week with Tasha began!