Turkey Day at San Lucas Cove

Our travel day took us through San Ignacio ( a date palm oasis town). We stopped for lunch at Loncheria Esmerelda, before the engine was off there was a fellow at the window selling dates. Of course we took him up on his offer - about $4.50 for 2 kg of fresh dates - I have stocked up for a while. Lunch was prepared by an old Mexican woman in an even older building, but she can make a mean carne asada burrito!

We settled into San Lucas Cove campground - $10/night, $1400/year, water, a dump & hot showers, all on the beach. We were here last year, very friendly & welcoming folks, a mix of Canadians & Americans. We also met a 25 year old girl from Camrose who has bicycled here from Kelowna, which has taken 2 months. She entertained us with stories of her travels - she bikes 60-150 km per day, often alone, sleeping in her tent in peoples yards. She seems to be enjoying her rest here as the group has been very hospitable.
Had to throw in a bird picture - a vermilion flycatcher, flourescent orange!

We were all set to head out in the kayak early in the morning when "Captain Eric" (a neighbor) was banging on our door. "Do you want to go fishing?, be ready in 5 min." Of course we jumped at the chance to get out in a bigger boat with a real fisherman. We headed out of the cove & were trolling for "whatever is biting". I caught the first fish, a nice Bonito. We proceeded to catch another bonito, 2 sea bass, several skinny, small barracuda plus a sierra that I almost got into the boat. We kept everything but the barracudas. This took 3 hours, apparently this was a slow day!

We were very fortunate to be invited to a Thanksgiving dinner at the campground. This is an annual tradition organized by a woman from the NWT. They cook a turkey & a ham (we pitched in the requested $1.20 for the cost of the turkey) & everyone brought potluck. There were 30 people there, all of the campground & a few folks from town. The meal was fantastic - countless dishes, all delicious, complete with pumpkin pie & several other desserts. It pretty much outdid most Ukaranian wedding dinners!

Today we headed out in the kayak to wear off some turkey, unfortunately no Black Friday sales around here. We spent 5 hours away & they almost came searching for us, good people that they are. We had a nice day, tried fishing - me trolling & Robin providing the power, but all we caught were 3 puffer fish. We had a picnic on the far shore & poked around in the rocks & shells.
Tomorrow we head to Santispac beach on Bahia de Conception for a prolonged stay.
Living the Dream!