Day 17 / Video Day

We woke up to heavy winds once again..............I still walked the beach in my workout capris and wasn't judging the waves close enough (as I walk right on the waters' edge where the sand is firmer).  One huge wave came in and bounced against the ridge of sand and soaked me!!  It's amazing how the regular sand is so cold in the morning and yet by the ocean's edge, the sand is warm and the water that goes over my feet is even warmer!

I could see up ahead there was something lying in the sand with some people around it and when I got up there, saw that it was a large turtle..........sadly it was dead.

We were invited to the neighbors' place for banana pancakes, bacon and coffee so that was fun!!  Another couple that we had met the night before also came so we had fun sitting around drinking coffee!

Meanwhile on the other neighbors' side, guys were there to trim the tall trees!!  The first tree he was trimming the branches!
 And even though the wind was really strong, he climbed up and knocked down some dead vegetation and a couple of coconuts on one of the large trees!!
(unfortunately I can't get the videos to download here in Mexico so will have to try once we get home!)

 The kite surfers were out in full force - they're so fun to watch!!

(another video to go here!!)

We decided to head into town for Happy Hour at El Gecko and some of their fantastic guacamole and shrimp - but they were closed..............so ate at the Smoke House and I had some excellent chicken soup - it had a name which of course I've forgotten but it was a huge bowl of broth with chicken, celery, carrots, rice, squash and probably other stuff topped with sliced avocados and sour cream!!  I ended up bringing at least 1/2 of it back for lunch the next day!!

Ending the evening was the hot tub - it was a beautiful night!