Feliz Navidad

Beach Palapa

Palapa Restaurants serve Great Food

Huts for the Surfers

A Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family back home and to family overseas. No doubt 2012 will be remembered as “the electronic Christmas.” It was great to see and talk to our family from various locations through a SKYPE computer connection and to see all our grandchildren - the best kind of gift to receive! On Christmas Day we rode our bicycles to the beach for a walk in the sand, a nice change from the snows up north. What a busy place at the beach! It seemed like everyone from the community had gathered there. The beach side palapa restaurants were filled to capacity, teenage boys were surfing the big waves, and children were playing at the beach with their families. A local vaquero (cowboy) was offering horseback rides as a special treat for a small fee. During the 1960’s, Hollywood movie stars had a brief interest in this beach when actor Lee Marvin discovered the area for fishing and had stayed at the once elegant Playa Hermosa hotel built in 1951. The hotel is no longer, but today the beach is lined with a number of palapa restaurants and is a popular place for surfing. “Beach boys” from California come here to vacation and the local Surf Club rents huts located right on the beach for overnight stays. After walking through the soft sand, we headed back to the boat to cook dinner, stopping at a panaderia for some freshly baked Christmas bread. We had purchased a partially cooked, stuffed turkey from Sam’s Club (similar to Costco) when in Mazatlan so we had the makings of a real Christmas dinner including potatoes, gravy, and cranberries. The day finished with a beautiful sunset!