Playa El Coyote

Ahhh, at last, the breeze is light, the sun is warm, the beach is soft white sand, the water is tranquil and turquoise, and we have our own brand new palapa. As our neighbour says; the only thing that would make it a better day might be free beer… We have had some glorious paddles, wish we had brought our little camera, definitely don’t want to go out on the water with the Olympus.

This is a great beach, its got just enough people that everyone gets together every day for 4:30 happy hour, once weekly movie night, and if there is a game on, well, someone has satellite TV and there is hooting and hollering and pizza till all hours. There are two rigs with internet that will let others use daily from 8:30 – 9 am.

Our neighbour on our right is Raven Gary – he is somewhat of a naturalist and spends his days pursuing his interest in documenting the wild life he sees, including snorkelling and counting the numbers and types of fish he sees. His palapa is filled with interesting information about the region that he has been gathering for about 15 years.

This is our front yard - how cool is that!!  Well, some people were swimming, it was still too cool for me.

There are great hikes in this area; including one to see the petroglyphs. That was very interesting, especially interesting trying to determine whether the rocks fell from above before being etched or after.




Lorne studying the petroglyph rocks



These petroglyph rocks are scattered all about on huge rocks that appear to have tumbled from the cliffs some hundreds of years ago.

This was a figure we found repeated on many of the rocks

We have seen some interesting birds here; particularly the blue footed booby! It displays a wonderfully enthusiastic dive into the water for fish – of course the opportunists lurk – the pelicans, the gulls and the amazing frigate birds. When the booby makes his catch all join in the celebration…. The booby prevails and managed to keep every fish. (By the way, I was having a shower - in the palapa wearing my bikini - when Raven Gary ran over to tell me there was a booby out there.....kind of took me by surprise, I thought I was being discrete)

Dave and Lynn

Dave and Lynn Wheatley arrived at El Coyote so we had a very enjoyable evening – they are Lisa’s parents (Mark’s wife). Mark and his parents have been friends of our family since our kids were all about 3 years old. Lisa’s mom plays guitar and mandolin and is learning a new instrument that is something like a ukulele – can’t remember the name of it. We had a great time playing and singing while the guys made dinner.



This is Dave and Lynn's site at El Coyote



It was definitely difficult leaving this beach. I think this area is pretty perfect for us – very sheltered water for paddling and lots of area to hike in. Other than cycling from one end of the beach to the other, not much opportunity for cycling.  It was also difficult to leave because there is a steep incline up to the highway - with not much visibility.  Dave ran out and stopped traffic while Lorne took a mad run at it.  After 3 tries he was up and away!!

We are now at Ciudad Constitution at our friends Jaime and Patty's Misiones  RV Park. They are still trying to figure out a way to send their daughter Aime to the College of the Pacific in Victoria.  It will be very expensive for a poor Mexican family unless she can get a scholarship.  Aime has her quincianos birthday in October which is a tradicional huge celebration - and will cost a few dollars as well.