Back on a Beach!

Before we left the big city & headed to the beach we discovered a deal to good to pass up - 2 for 1 carnitas (pork tacos) and 27 peso movie admission ($2.30). We weren't sure where to start with the table full of food, but we managed to stuff ourselves, then headed off to the movie. The last movie we saw in a theater was Avatar, so we were excited to find comfy seats, English with Spanish subtitles (not at all distracting) and butter, enchilada or caramel popcorn but our choice of film wasn't great - American Hustle. None the less we still returned this past Wednesday to "do it all again"! This time the movie was Devil's Due - chosen for it's showtime so as not to drive in the dark - definitely a poor choice, not recommended! We have decided to stick to Netflix.

We were sad to leave Cabo after 6 weeks, we had a good time there, mainly because of the great bunch of friends we made. We hope to meet up again "along the road".
Our site was a bit "crowded" (see picture), definitely not a problem here on San Pedrito beach.

We are set up facing the ocean with the sound of waves crashing a constant, pleasant sound. The beach is a 2 km drive on a sand road just outside of Pescadero, on the Pacific ocean.  Of course Robin  had to undertake a major yard cleanup project - the sand was covered with vines and the group of palms was badly overgrown. He has cleaned all that up, then "planted" a pole to set up my hammock. He still likes to rake the sand in circles, always a project!

There is an interesting bunch of folks camped here - it is almost free ($16 for the week) so it attracts a varied group. We have lots of surfers, young & not so young; Frankie, the 24 yr old Argentinian here for 45 days, sleeping in a grass hut; Ben, a young forest fire fighter from BC here for the winter; a young family with an 18 mo. old daughter who runs around barefooted, bare bummed with a huge cowboy hat; fellow snow birds, more dogs than people, all running free  and the "caretaker" - a Mexican machete wielding guy, Ishmel, who likes to drive backwards at top speed thru the area. Never a dull day!

We are kicking back & relaxing, watching whales spout, breach & swim along, watching the waves, the surfers and the sunsets. We are enjoying pie iron sandwiches for breakfast, campfires & happy hour with a couple from Manitoba that we met in Cabo. A Mexican comes by most days selling tamales & empanadas.We are smarter now - we had to Google "how far can you see across the ocean when you are standing on the beach" - surprisingly the answer is only "between 2-3 miles!

We tried fishing from shore but the waves are pretty big, so we got good & wet and the fish weren't interested. We went shopping for a colorful Mexican carpet for our living room & found a lovely one, the price was so good that we had to buy a small complementing one as well (both for $70) We set up our hummingbird feeder & it took 4 days for it to be discovered.

We are in no hurry to leave, we have roughly figured out our voyage home & the time it will take so we may hang out here another week. It's a tough life, but someone has to do it!

Adios till next time!