At Home You Have Blowing Snow

Here in Mexico we have blowing sand.

Winds one day this past week were blowing at 40 miles an hour. Beaches were deserted, apparantly no one but David and I wants to be pelted with sand. Palm trees were whiping in the wind and the waves were high.

BUT, a windy day on Isla is so much better than a cold snowy day back home.

Today the weather was good. We took a trip to Isla Contoy, a national park and bird sanctuary that is only habitated by birds and other creatures. We have always wanted to do this trip but never wanted to miss a day on the beach. This year we decided we could miss a beach day and we are glad that we did. Lenny and Kelly flew home on Saturday and now we have Jessica and her family, who joined us on the Contoy trip

We had our captain-Tony the wonderful person behind the wheel. The couple sitting right in front of him are from Arizona. They are an older couple who just got married two weeks ago and were on their honeymoon.

And believe it or not his first mate...David. I dont know Mikey, do you think it's first mate or would Anchor Yanker be more appropriate?

There our tour guide David is pointing out the beautiful floral on the island with "And there's another fu--ing tree over there".

Tony is not only the capitan but the chef as well. He his brother and Uncle put on quite a spread. We had fish and chicken cocooked on a large open pit, guac, rice, chips, salsa, fruit, beer and pop. It was oh so yummy!

This island is a photographers paradise-

Being a bird sanctuary, there were many-

We were lucky enough to spot some newly born (or hatched) white babies. This guy is being fed by his momma.

The water is so clear that you can see the fish without a snorkle mask. The come right up to you, rubbing against your legs in hopes of getting fed.

This is one ugly dude.


And then we have the island favorite. A huge sting ray that is so tame he too comes up to you in hopes of getting fed.

He swam right up to me, about 6 inches from me. It did make me a little nervous but he posed quite nicely.

And allowed David to pet him.

Hermit crabs were all over and not a bit shy about coming close

And the ever present iquana. One can never get enough pictures or them!

Alrighty then, I have spent enough beach time in this room blogging! Off to the beach I go to do what we do best.....sit in the sun, relax and watch people. There are some interesting ones here...and of course it's a good thing we are so damned normal huh?

Oh I am going on another adventure today....going into the colonial (where the islanders live) to get my hair cut for 30 pesos or 3 american dollars...yup I am going to try it...we shall see huh?