Thanksgiving dinner and a visit to Rancho La Venta

 Preparing the feast

       gazpacho and grilled yams                            

copper river salmon!

 Jacqueline and Sasha are thinking about Rancho La Venta as the site of their wedding

 

 remote and beautiful

 the cantina and very nice wine produced by the owners

Day Two

 First light from bed in the tent

 We visited Santiago, a magical village where Pam is restoring a historic house: this is the back courtyard

 Kathleen, Scott and Pam appreciating her local and very durable local cookware

 Jacq and "Mur-dawg"

 Delicious, giant pomelos

 From Pam's we drove up into the mountains to this waterfall and swimming pool:  see it down there?

The moon from bed........

down at the beach

 An area designated to relocate sea turtle nests to monitor them and insure the hatchlings make it to the sea

 each nest has a sign indicating the date it was collected, the number of the nest, the number of eggs and the possible date of emergence

 Hi, babies!

  

 

textures

from dates drying in the sun to the adobe bricks for the guest house, a beautiful texture emerges wherever the eye rests

Thanksgiving in Los Barriles

 Nearing the tip of the Baja California peninsula

 Scott and Kathleen's magical place above an arroyo just outside of Los Barilles

 My magnificent and comfortable digs

 Kathleen and Jacqueline's pretty touches in a corner of my tent

 the joy of the outdoor shower

 Oh golly, Sasha, you know how to make a girl feel welcome!  The boy knows how to make a margarita!