Under The Mexican Sun

In earlier posts I've uploaded video of the birds that flock west every evening at sundown, but not their early morning flight east. I caught them on camera this morning, so here's a combined video of them going both ways. The first segment is evening and the second early morning.  They do this back and forth every single day. A restaurant called Bistro Soleiado (how often do you see three vowels in a row?) is about a fifteen minute walk away and has a reputation for exquisite eggs benedict. We finally went this morning to see what all the fuss was about. As we were leaving the building we met a brother and sister also staying here. A man who has been studying with JWs for a while had driven them home from their own breakfast out, and since he was going that way he offered to drive us to the Soleiado. We learned originally he had been approached by JWs offering to show him a 3-minute video on a tablet, "Why Study The Bible?" It moved him to begin studying a...

This afternoon we paid what we expect to be our last trip to Zihua prior to leaving, and we have the following photos to show for it. We paused to cool down with a lemonade. Yes, lemonade. You just can't get better refreshment and quenching of thirst than with these local lemonades. You can keep the Coronas. First, some scenes from where we sat ... This area is now experiencing a dwindling tourist population as snowbird season ends. A sand castle builder, our table cloth, a caged cat in a hammock, and a silhouetted bike. Yours truly. I told you we had lemonade! After schlepping around we caught a bus home. Taking a bus here is always an adventure. Some are fine, a few deliver an unmercifully percussive ride. We unfortunately boarded one of the latter. It advanced along the road rattling, banging, and grinding like a hardware store in an earthquake. It felt like, and sounded like, the bus was losing important pieces along the way, but it not only clattered u...

It's been a busy few days as our stay here winds down into it's final phase. Last night we had supper with Jack and Linda in the Bayview restaurant which is in the same complex as their rental unit. The scene from my seat at the dining table ...  For this occasion I did remember to get a photo taken by the waiter ... It was daylight when we sat down, dark when we left.  And today was my turn to serve as guest speaker at the Sunday meeting. The talk's title was "Does God Count You Personally Important?" The scriptures, illustrations and delivery seemed to go over well. Since the scriptures clearly and emphatically answer yes to this question, it is a pleasure to convey the details. Carol intended to take my photo delivering the talk but told me she forgot to do so. Afterwards Dave and Shelley, with whom we had supper once before (see Feb. 28 post) took us to a different restaurant for lunch. We enjoyed a good lunch and stimulating conversation, s...

We were invited to the movies this afternoon. We were four couples and we went to see "The Post," starting at 5:00 pm. It was in English with Spanish subtitles giving us a handy language course as a bonus. Here is a photo of the Ixtapa movie theater ... I was told the ticket price was 40 pesos which is $2.75 in Canadian dollars, pretty cheap for a movie. But at the wicket I was told Wednesday is two-for-one day, so Carol and I both got in for the grand sum of $2.75. Our Cokes cost more than our admittance ticket. Carol outside the theater ...  No line ups today. Once inside, the size of the theater surprised us. It must have had around 800 seats although there were probably no more than fifty people in it at the time. And the seats rock a little if you're inclined to that sort of thing. The screen was plenty big too. One hour into the movie one of the characters asked, "What's going on?" The movie then froze, faded from the screen, and the house...

I left our building, striding swiftly through the parking lot toward the street, when I simultaneously turned a corner and heard a loud slap. An iguana, with which I had almost collided, made the noise by spinning himself up and into a 180 degree turn. He belly-flopped onto the ground, quickly rising again to flee from me. These creatures, I discovered, run on their toes - make that claws - and this one, four legs going like propellers, darted for cover under the nearest car. It would have made a delightful video to see him scritch-scratching over pavement at top speed but it all happened too quickly. I found this photo illustrating its appearance when running ... Better to have him running away than toward me. I continued on my way, destination Oxxo, a convenience store a few minutes away. I passed this tree and considered it photo worthy ... Or is it a family of trees? A photo collage of scenes from around here: In late afternoon we went down to the beach to see the sun...

Not much to report but here are a few artified (sort of) photos from places around here. The Wave Tricycle Pot-Holder Patterns Marina Tower Mini Forest Blossoms Sunset Clouds Sky on Fire Jorge