Goodbye Can Am

 It was sad to see the Can Am sold!!  I've always loved that ATV, especially the color and the seat that set up high!  I liked it even better than the side by side we have now!  But all things come to an end......

Glenn sold it to a guy from LaPaz - when he came to look at it, he wanted to buy it that day but Glenn talked him into coming back the next weekend so he could use it one more week!

It's all loaded up - papers signed - money paid!  One last look at a super ride these past 8 years!!

The sun was weird looking that morning!

This was brought in on Monday of Easter week - we ASSUME it is for a life guard?   Or maybe the police?  Time will tell I guess!

We went into the Tiki Bar for drinks and dinner with good friends - and darn it, forgot a picture of them!  But I ordered a pina colada and it came in the cutest coconut mug!!  I ordered pork sliders and they were delicious!

On the ceiling of this place is a huge octopus!!

Certainly not a great sunrise but better than nothing!

Baja Happenings

 Besides Glenn fishing and me reading and swimming in the ocean, you would think we would have LOTS of down time but it sure doesn't feel like it at times!!  I do play cards sometimes with the gals - Swoop or Hand and Foot - Swoop is easy - Hand and Foot, not so much!!  I'm getting better at it though!

Afternoons are HOT!    Glenn takes a nap and I read if I'm not invited over to Spa Hotel to get in the water with the gals!

But life is good - and the ocean is beautiful!

Dinner over at our good friends' Eric and Hillary!  They have a beautiful view from the place they rent!

I still enjoy the mango dacquiris I make!!  I did have 5 ladies over for these drinks along with several appetizers I made and we had a great afternoon - and of course I forgot to snap a picture!

Glenn sold the boat to an American who lives down here part time - so he took him out along with another friend to teach him all the boat things!!  The nice thing is that Glenn was allowed to still use the boat for another week or so!

Out with our neighbors, Jerry and LouAnn - really super nice people from Montana and they have rented beside us for years!

I was thrilled to see cardinals down here!!  We don't have them in Colorado so it was fun to see them!

Glenn took Hal out fishing - he's almost 94 years old!!  It's a struggle to get him in and out of the boat but we did it!!  Hal actually caught this dorado but couldn't lift it so Glenn helped!

Just Baja Life....

 And the days roll by - and the heat and humidity are HIGH!!!  We've been in shorts since the day we arrived!!  NEVER has the heat been this early.....

Sometimes when the sun rises it almost looks distorted!

Can you imagine someone parking this huge motorhome right in front of your house?  Completely blocked our view - but luckily they only stayed 2 nights!

Glenn got a dorado!!  SUPER EARLY for them and the yellowtail weren't even around as the water was too warm!

We've been getting in the ocean daily as it's warm enough (cold getting in though) and it's funny to just see your heads bobbing!!  The majority os us wear belts when we get in so we can exercise our arms and legs!

I was so disappointed this year in the sunrises - but still enjoyed looking at the orange!!

And since this is our last year, we need to sell the boat and the ATV - we took lots of pictures and posted it in a couple of different places!

The donkeys made their appearance one day!

I was doing dishes and happened to look out the window and here was this pretty cat sitting on the post!

Fish, Music and Bread

 An interesting title, huh?  Glenn continues to fish whenever he can!  He's SUCH an early riser when he fishes and of course I wake up too so sometimes just end up getting up!  If he doesn't fish, then he will walk with us!

A few clouds on this day which made for a pretty sky!

Friday is bakery day - you can place an order from Mon - Wed and then on Friday go pick it up!  There is a cute horse trailer set up where all the baked goods are!

They're all tagged and on shelves inside - cute as can be!!!  And the baker is amazing!!!! I ordered English muffins which were SO good!!  And also hot dog buns to fit the long Costco hot dogs!!  We had them the other night - best hot dog bun I've ever had!!

After you pick up your order, you can go sit under the tarp where there are chairs and the bakers' husband passes out tequila shots if you are interested!!  You can bring beer if you want too - it's just a social time and a fun thing to do!

Another party to attend!!!  And Glenn was to provide the fish and cook it over at Betts and Jimmys' place - they have a beautiful house that we had not been to before - everybody brought a dish and the best part was Jerry (our next door neighbor here) and Mike brought their guitars and we had kind of an old fashioned sing along!!  So fun to hear them play and sing!

Glenn decided to smoke some fish!!  They're not my favorite but he enjoys it!

The night before Patty left, we went to La Gaviota for shrimp and it didn't disappoint!!  I love this picture of Patty with her mango margarita!

It's a cute place to go and by the time we left it was completely full!

Since our anniversary was the next day, we celebrated with this dinner since Glenn was going fishing on a charter boat!

I took Patty into the bus stop for her trip to Cabo to the airport - it's very reasonable to use the little bus which only holds about 15 people!  Such a fun time with Patty and I'm so glad she could come!

Glenn had a wonderful day fishing and came home with this tuna so he was one happy guy!

Relaxing Baja Days

 Although some days are quite relaxing around here, other days are rather busy it seems!!

I have really been disappointed in the sunrises this year - yes, there have been a few that were very nice but none that have been AMAZING like prior years!!  Oh well..............

One day Patty and I were invited to go over to Spa to swim - the water is always cold when you get in but then it's very nice to swim around and it's so pretty over there!

We sat with Ace and Sally one night for dinner over at Spa - Sally went home a week early but Ace was still around and happened to be over one day late afternoon and Glenn was cooking fish so we invited him to stay!

This picture is at the other end of the beach where we walk and turn to walk up the road - I DO love these palm trees!

Thursday night was Asada (grill) night over at spa so I made reservations EARLY (as it gets booked up fast) for an early meal!

All 3 of us ordered the potatoes and they were delicious as usual!!  We all brought leftovers home!

One of the cool plants that is at the top of the Spa Resort - we decided to walk down through it so Patty could see it and this was on the roadway turning in!!  I have forgotten the name of it now but it's an interesting plant!

Sister Patty Arrives

 A pretty sunrise to announce the arrival of Patty who was arriving that morning!!

Pick up at the airport was quick and easy, just how we like it!!  It was great to see Patty and her flight was good so all was well!!  The place we usually eat lunch at was closed since it was a Monday so we headed back to Los Barriles and went to El Viejo, famous for their tacos!!  We had shrimp ones and they were excellent!!  And jamaica juice - the refreshing purple/red juice made from the dried hibiscus flower!

We had parked behind in the square area so walked along and took a picture with the flowers!

Caught Glenn going out in his boat the next morning with this pretty sunrise!

And he was successful with this nice sierra!

And then it was full moon time (and eclipse time in the middle of the night where I chose NOT to get up!!)

The moon got up in this cloud and completely changed the color of the night!

And later on I always love it when the moon hits the water!

Between Patty and I, we took a LOT of pictures!!

Cows On The Beach!

 I love this picture of the cows just hanging out on the beach!!  They come by about every other day - along with the horses and the donkeys!

Nothing spectactular on the sunrises but they're still pretty to see in the mornings!

Glenn has been helping out people in the neighborhood if they need something done - he worked on Brenda's hot water heater and her side by side and she took us out to dinner!  I had shrimp with mango salsa!  The large thing in the potatoes was kind of a cheese tortilla that had been fried!  Very good!

The maintenance people had been repairing the sewer system on the main road here and on lunch hours this piece of equipment would go down to the beach for the guys' lunch break - imagine my surprise when I saw somebody lying in the bucket when he went by!!!

I still love walking the beach when Glenn fishes!

Glenn went on a charter boat one day with the neighbor and another guy, about 1 1/2 hour away - when he got back he realized he had left his small cooler in the captains' boat - with his glasses inside!!  So a couple days later we made the trek back up there to get it - stopped at El Triunfo on the way back and had a delicious meal!

I ordered tortilla soup - they brought the dry ingredients in a bowl and then poured the hot soup on top from another mug - pretty cool and great to eat!