Our Final Guest

 Glenn's sister Sherry was our final guest to arrive!  We were excited to pick her up at the airport and head back to Las Cuevas for lunch!!  And check out our lunch companions!  Those chicks were so darn cute!

Take a peek at what Sherry made for me!!!  WOW - I was totally impressed!  Perfect decor for the glass table top coffee table and a perfect place to put glass and seashells!  Sherry is not only creative but quite artistic!

We had been watching for the sunset that night and were starting dishes because nothing of any color was showing - but in a minutes' time, I peeked out and the colors were starting so we both took a couple of pics and then headed out to the beach!

OH YES - an awesome sunset!!

Grill night over at the Spa Hotel so you can bet we were there - Sherry and I both had the shrimp/brisket baked potatoes and Glenn had ribs - all VERY yummy!

A great start to her week here!

This 'n That

 Life is good - the beach is just a great place to unwind and collect your thoughts - and Mexico just "moves" at such a slower pace that you don't feel rushed!  Lazy days - full of walking the beach and visiting with friends and get togethers with the "girls" down here!  

Glenn had a project to do down here this time - he is basically redoing this pillar that holds up the roof of the porch - it was getting really bad with the rebar actually showing - he worked on it  3 or 4 times a week with just an hour or so each time and is almost finished!  The company that owns this house is just taking his work against part of the rent!  Sure gave him something to do when the wind blows!

The sunsets have been almost more amazing this year than the sunrises!  If there's a few clouds in the sky late afternoon, you can bet I'm waiting for the sunset!

We had a surprise birthday party for friend Brenda over at the Spa Hotel - about 12 of us had brunch and had a lovely time.  Unfortunately a little over a week later, her husband Dale passed away down here!  We were all in shock - but he passed peacefully as went to bed and never woke up!  Sure a sad time........

Just a normal sunrise - but you still can't beat it as you're walking the beach in the early morning hours!

Between 9:30 and 11:00 is the PERFECT time to sit on the porch and just LOOK at the sea!  And of course drink coffee - THIS IS PARADISE!

The donkeys came by one day - it was the first time we'd seen them down this way on the beach!

The sun shines - the waves roll in - and life is fantastic!

Fishing In Lapaz

 Since it was SO windy out and no way the guys could fish here in Glenn's small boat, they decided to talk to a friend here and get a charter lined up out of LaPaz - which meant heading to Lapaz on Sunday afternoon for an early morning charter on Monday.  But wait - Jaime has a flight out on Monday and they're taking the car!!

So I called friends and got some numbers for people that do airport runs and we found one to take her on Monday!

The guys headed out on Sunday afternoon - we hung out!

That night was the "Spa" party at friends of ours - we headed over about 5:00 and gosh there were a LOT of people there - probably 50 or 60!!  We hung out with Becky and Larry and I knew the majority of the people there - Mexican food was catered by the local hotel and the rest of us brought our drinks and either an appetizer or a dessert!  There was PLENTY of food for everyone!

FINALLY the wind died down enough that we could sit outside and the dance music started!!  We had a great time dancing to an awesome playlist!  

Meanwhile the guys got checked into their hotel and met their captain of the charter at a nearby restaurant - Glenn enjoyed shrimp cocktail and Brad enjoyed octupus cocktail (sorry, that doesn't even SOUND good to me!!)

They had a great time fishing and caught 11 yellowtail!

SUCCESS!

Jaime's ride to the airport arrived right at 8:00am Monday and she was whisked away!  Sure wish she could have stayed longer!!

Glenn and Brad arrived home late afternoon on Monday - they were too tired to cook fish so we decided to take some fish into El Panzon to have them cook it!  Besides the shushimi below, we had garlic butter and deep fried panko strips - it was all excellent!!

And then it was back home to package up pounds and pounds of fish to give away the next day!!

I ended up giving a lot away that next morning while Glenn and Brad fished one last time here - yes, the wind was coming in once again!!  What a lot of wind March gave us!!

Thursday we headed to the airport to drop Brad off - and yes, he hopes to come again!!

Jaime & Brad Arrive

 It was total shock when Jaime called one night and said they wanted to come down - WHAT????  She had told us a year ago that she couldn't get any vacation time during Feb or March so we had invited our two sets of people down.  But Brad really wanted to come fishing and she rearranged her schedule for an extra day so she could come down for a few days!  We were excited to pick them up at the airport and have them come to our little piece of paradise!!

They had an early flight so as soon as we got home, the guys went out to fish for the afternoon since the next 3 days were WINDY!  They had fun but didn't catch a thing - mornings are better!

Jaime and I took a walk on the beach!

And we had the full moon that night - always fun to watch!

Friday morning we headed into town to get a few things and to buy some shrimp from the guy that comes on Friday - the shrimp kabobs were excellent! ( yes, Jaime had her eyes closed - I didn't check the picture as I was excited to eat - HA!)

The waves were crashing as we went for an early morning walk - definitely no fishing!!  It was a nice walk and always enjoyable to watch the waves coming in!

Jaime had just come off a cold and was feeling fine when she arrived but I think the blowing dust/sand/humidity was just too much for her as she started to cough!  Good thing she's content just hanging in the house and relaxing!!

An Anniversary and A Birthday

 Continuing on from our pictures taken outside the spa last night, we headed in and enjoyed happy hour!

We enjoyed hearing Mike play his guitar and sing and our meal was delicious!  I think 3 of us enjoyed the shrimp and shredded beef potato!

On Sunday the 9th, Glenn and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary and Rene' celebrated his birthday!

Cindy and Rene' had brought us down a card which we opened and then we saw there was a large envelope - we opened it and it was from the 3 girls - they had sent it to Cindy to bring down and we SO enjoyed reading it!!  What a cute idea!

That evening we went to La Gaviota which in my opinion has the best shrimp of the restaurants we've been to - their mango daiquiris aren't too shabby either!

The shrimp was delicious and the bean soup in the crocks was very good!

What a fun evening spent with great friends!

The Texans Have Arrived

 Our first set of company arrived the first week of March - Cindy and Rene! They were late coming in due to their weather in Tx but eventually made it!   We had a great meal in  San Jose when we picked them up at the airport and then did some grocery shopping before we headed back home!

There is NO shortage of eggs here in Baja - cost runs about $2.50 a dozen, less if you buy the 18 pk!

Cindy was excited to have a margarita at lunch!

We had only 1 fantastic sunrise while Cindy was here but it was a great one!!

Rene and Glenn went out fishing but unfortunately Rene got motion sickness (I know exactly what he went through as I have it too!) so Glenn ended up bringing him in - darn!  It's sure no fun!!  But Glenn caught 3 trigger and a pompano!

Thursday night at the Spa is Asada Night - grill night - so we put our dresses on and took a couple of pics before we went in - it was a perfect temperature evening!!

And more to come......

Sunrises and Great Food

 Life is good -  relaxing days when the weather is windy - nice walks in the early mornings!  Glenn has projects to do when he's not fishing!  He's rebuilding a pillar that holds up the front porch and it's quite the procedure!  He's also been working on the roof when it's not too hot!  Yes, he keeps busy!

I brought down 3 new drink glasses so of course needed to try them out on a mango margarita - yes, they work great and the drink was delicious!

Glenn did shrimp kabobs one night - with the fresh veggies available at the veggie markets, it makes for a fantastic meal!

Sunrise 

5 of us from Spa, went to a neighboring town to eat breakfast at this cute place!  The meal was fantastic, especially this coffee they make!  The tree we're in front of branches out over most of the restaurant!

And one more sunrise!

Company starts coming in soon - so it's time to clean the house and get the guest bedroom ready!  March is VERY busy with 3 sets of guests coming!