Well we have had another week here in the sun and sand. It has been a busy one ... lots of running down the beach at low tide to find sand dollars and other treasures! I found a part of a paper shell nautilus and was thrilled. I would love to find a whole one. Years ago on Tecolote beach out of LaPaz, Merle and I were walking in the surf when a Mexican man approached me and gave me a paper shell ... It was almost perfect and is one of my prize possessions. Neither of us spoke the others' language, but managed to communicate my appreciation. We were soundly defeated in a crib tournament despite winning 3 of our 4 matches. Unfortunately, keeping total points, the fact that we were skunked (almost double skunked) really hurt us. We have made several trips over to Mazatlan and enjoy exploring old town. We took a party boat out to watch the fireworks ... reenactment of Mexico's defeat of the French near Olas Altas ... We had joined the crowds in Olas Altas two years ago for Carnaval and the fireworks and didn't really want to battle the crowds again. The boat we went on carried 250 people ... 30-40 from our two parks. They picked us up at 7:30 (dark) with a tractor (no headlights) pulling a big wagon ... We were taken to the water taxi dock and a panga shuttled us across the harbor. There we boarded the Puesta de Sol for our trip. They provided an open bar and a fantastic spread of food. It was really nice to be on the water for the display as you could see the fire from the cannons firing from shore and we were quite near the boats shooting back. The display was over about 11:30 and we got home a little after midnight. Our neighbors had company visiting ... the man is the head of the music department at the University in Culiacan. He is one of the world's leading classical guitarist and he gave us an impromptu recital ... so it was well after 2:00 before we got to bed. Valentine's Day, we went across and hiked up to the lighthouse. It is the 2nd highest lighthouse in the world and the highest in the Americas. I think it is 550' to the top of the hill it sits on. It was an arduous climb for me ... but well worth it for the 360 degree view from the top. Last night then we went back to Union and the Cuchupeta restaurant for dinner. We need to get over there during the day so we can visit their lovely old cathedral and shop in their mercada. Neither of which we could do on a Sunday evening.
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