As usual, it's been a busy December, getting settled and getting ready for Christmas. When we arrived, the weather was suitable for swimming, but in the last week before Christmas, it has been balmy but unusually foggy and rainy. On the 22nd, we even had a good old-fashioned downpour. In the three years we've been coming, we've only experienced one or two rainy days. Jim and I love a good excuse to hunker down with a good book or cooking something new and different, so, we are not disappointed; we are actually elated. Boo, however, does not care for rain. We literally have to drag him outside to do his business! The weird weather made for some great photo ops!
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| My favorite-from the Bahia |
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| Our neighborhood with the fog over the marina |
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| The Bahia |
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| The Bahia |
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| The desert |
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| San Nicolas looked like an oil painting this day. |
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| The sea literally turned red in the sunrise. |
We had great plans for our anniversary on the 13th but the night before, Jim's eye met a rock in our cobblestone cactus garden (remember the infamous cactus garden?) and we ended up at Rescate, our emergency medical clinic. They bandaged him up, talked to his doc and decided to send him home to return the next day for stitches. We even managed dinner out with friends at Tortuga's.
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Rescate nurse-they actually
had to make butterfly bandages-
they didn't have any!
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The waitress at Tortuga's fixed him up with her first aid kit
when the bandages weren't holding. |
We managed to just catch Lady of Guadalupe Day celebrants walking to the church on our way to dinner.
He didn't look so good the next day.
When Dr. Mike looked at him, he decided not to put in stitches because he was so swollen with blood. He put some kind of wonder bandage on him (he was hoping for a pirate eye patch) and we did manage to stop by a friend's party for awhile afterwards. See his disguise, below:
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| You'd hardly notice! |
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| They surprised us at the party with a champagne toast! |
And out we went to Bonifacio's, The Cotton Club, for a fabulous lunch and a stroll on the beach to celebrate a memorable 47th!
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A wine for me and a margarita for Jim and a great lunch of
grilled artichokes, pizzeta with bacon, goat cheese and
dates and coconut shrimp! |
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| Anniversary selfie |
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| You can see the Baja in the distance. |
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| December's full moon graced us on the 13th! |
Some random pictures of walks around our new neighborhood-the Caracol Peninsula:
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| Lots of houses and lots for sale |
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| The Bahia |
Some beautiful houses:
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Our "not too beautiful" entrance. See our margarita
deck on top which is our favorite for sunsets. Our
car just barely fits in this gated garage. |
Our rental this year: it isn't as modern or fancy as we've had before but the views are to die for and it is quite comfortable and roomy (an over-statement: we don't need half this much room).
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| Dining room |
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| Living area-our owner isn't much for decoration-we do our best! |
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Kitchen-great dishes and glasses and pots and pans but
missing lots of basics like measuring cups, salad bowl,
dish rack, coffee maker (that works), etc. |
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Deck-it's just a plywood table but my tablecloth from
Jackalope works perfectly. |
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My herb garden (on what looks like it was once a grill
of some sort) |
