Photo borrowed from Nan Simpson.

Just a few more...


In the previous blog entry, I showed all the produce that Diego delivers every Friday.  Here are Diego and Ana who have been beach vendors for at least fifteen years. They have a daughter 14 years old and a son around 3 years. They have been bringing produce to the beach for over 15 years.

These are a few of our extended Beach family.

    The collage above has a few of our "family" engaged in various activities from boating to potlucks and happy hours celebrating fun and frivolity!!!!

The southern-most tip of Bay of Concepcion, cacti, around Loreto, & our neighbor~Ron

  We enjoyed a week in Loreto (the "big" city) for a week after leaving our beach. We walked the mile on Sunday to the public market running into Beach friends along the way and in one of the food booths in the market.

Heading north to the U.S. border, the desert is very colorful.

    OK, so I used some photos more than once, get over it! Many of the varieties of cacti were coming into bloom because of the two heavy rains that we had this winter!!! 
    I'm still amazed that that little trailer holds our 3 boats, a motor, and most of our other stuff essential for dry camping on a lovely beach.

JUST A FEW ODDS AND ENDS

View of Coyote Beach from Hwy 1

That water is just glass and waiting for the first kayakers or paddle boarders.

The only downside are all the annoying insects if the wind isn't blowing even a little bit.

The above house is on the north end of Coyote beach and rents for $6,000 a month. I understand it sleeps up to 12 adults. 

 You are now looking inside the SUV of Diego

Romero, who takes our produce order on Tuesday and delivers it on Friday.

These photos were borrowed from Nan & Steve Simpson.

Can you believe the size a whale shark can get to be? This one is estimated to be around 25 ft long. It stayed in the bay for about 6 hrs sucking up planktom.

It's a pink world!!

Maybe I could publish a coffee table book of sunrises?

Tomatoes

This plant was barely a start when we arrived in the middle of November.  I occasionally

threw water on it, but it didn't get much care and not much sun either. The day we moved off the beach last week we found two small tomatoes had set. I hope you can see them against Bob's hand.

Jane(student) & Gwenn(instructor)

NEARING THE END

The last craft class that I went to involved making a wall hanging from natural materials. Pictured is Monique with her completed objet d'art.

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This is my shell garden~~desecrated by many a dog!! I had to repair/rearrange the designs many times due to animals and the occasional person. Our neighbor, Ron (of the Christmas lights) once drove over part of it when parking his motorhome.

 And I must include another sunrise shot!!

And I end this entry with two photos of our bay and beach.

Bay of Concepcion~Coyote Beach is to the rear and the right.

The south end of Coyote Beach.

Bay of Concepcion/Coyote Bay

A LITTLE NEWS

  I finally got brave and had my hair cut. I'm very pleased with the results, but I will need a perm soon!

Our favorite brand of ice cream bar usually only found in Europe.

Many people have warned us of the dangers in Mexico. The only danger I have encountered has been boating. The scrapes on my leg were achieved by trying to get in the kayak in choppy surf in water with barnacle-covered rocks. As you can see---the rocks won. I omit all the photos of the bruises I get with every boating excursion!!!

Bob made wonderful strawberry crepes on Valentines!!

A LITTLE OF THIS AND THAT

(The above photo was 'borrowed' from Deb Morrow.)

Last week we had one heck of a thunderstorm which brought us 2 inches of rain in six hours! 

 As you can see, we again

Have Coyote Lagoon behind us. Unfortun-

Ately, it takes this ‘puddle’ weeks to evaporate and the ground does not drain well. With the new ‘arroyo’ going thru his campsite, Raven Gary built a dam across it. However, the water and wind will always win!!!

Bob keeping the water out of the palapa! You may note my strings of shells hanging there.

Mexicans appear to be very resourceful people, probably because they have to be. As you can see in these photos, anything can be used to warn of a hazard. (These photos were ‘borrowed’ from my friend, Jerri, and her blog.)

This is my granddaughter, Josie. She's not in Baja, but I just thought I'd include her picture!!

Our garlic/lime baskets

More Baskets!

Here are a few more pictures from our craft class that didn’t get included with the last blog.

A turtle gourd

I made these earrings!!!

BASKETWEAVING 101

Every Thursday afternoon, several of us from Coyote Beach go to a neighboring cove/beach called Posada for a crafting experience using natural materials.

We have fashioned beads and medallions using polymer clay; several kinds of baskets using sea grass, reeds and gourds. This week we will learn wire wrapping of shells, agates, etc.

I was very surprised one morning a couple of weeks ago to see a rather large ship approaching the north end of Coyote Beach and proceed to park (I know, it’s called anchoring!). It wasn’t cruise- ship large but large for our cove. Word is that it is a National Geographic ship that was touring about. It was only here that one day.