Today is a day for just hanging out and enjoying the beach! Ah! Relaxation! We awoke just before sunrise, with Miter's left eye sealed shut with goo. Ick...looks like the poor guy got some sand in his eye yesterday and it is irritating him pretty badly. I give him a good face scrubbing, and hopefully, that will do the trick.
Several families have arrived in the stealth of night, and the beach is filling up with local Mexican families and gringo families alike. Much to my surprise, though, most of the "gringos" are Canadian. I'm not sure if there is another slang term for Canadian Gringos...I'll have to find out! It is disheartening that there aren't many Americans...guess that the media fear factor is in full swing. Don't travel to Mexico, it's dangerous!!! Blah!
We make a hearty camp breakfast of eggs, onions, and potatoes, and the hot camp coffee tastes so very good. The locals are gearing up the beach for the weekend and for the upcoming Semana Santa ~ Holy Week. They are bringing in Porta-potties and multiple beach vendors selling everything from jewelry, blankets, t-shirts and hammocks, to shrimp, scallops and lobster! Anything you need, these guys have it, and if they don't they will get it for you! The helado (ice cream) truck arrives, and of course, we HAVE to have ice cream on the beach! One cup for each kiddo, for $14 pesos...just over a dollar. Try that in the US! Lionel bought fixin's for our dinner, scallops and shrimp from a fisherman's pickup truck for $100 pesos. Freshly harvested seafood for less than ten bucks! Sweet!!
Erin and Tristan frolicked in the sea and sand, making friends with all of the other campers, adults and kids alike. They also pet or walked every dog on the beach! My little social butterflies! We met Chad and his girlfriend, whose name escapes me at the moment, who were sailing a small 22' sailboat from San Felipe to La Paz. They were a very nice couple with great travel stories to share. Come to find out, Chad is an adventurer of sorts, too, and has traveled by PANGA from California to Panama. Can you imagine?!
The Dona of the beach house comes by to collect the fee for the palapa. We get it for two nights for $80 pesos. What a deal! Many of the families that came in last night are packing up and moving on, making room for the new ones that are coming in today. The celebration of Semana Santa is second only to Christmas in Mexico as the biggest holidays! So, we are expecting to see more and more families setting up camp on the beaches here in the next few days.
Our new neighbors start setting up their spot. They are the Bridal Family, Joe and Michelle, and their two boys, Benjamin and Charlie, in from Quadra Island, Canada. The boys instantly take a liking to the mutts and the kids, and they spend the better part of the afternoon playing together. Erin is feeling a bit grumpy, as she got a good blast of sand in the old ojo and it's been irritating her to no end. She and Mist have a siesta before get ready for dinner. Dinner menu tonight: shrimp and scallops from the pickup truck along with rice, beans, onions and tortillas! Beach yummels!We turn in shortly after sunset, as the wind has picked up again and well, it's dark! Buenos Noches!
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