A Visit to Romantic Escapes at Playa Los Cocos

WHERE ARE WE? Romantic Escapes, Los Coco's near San Blas

We are going on a wee trip today.  Our friends Suzanne and Jaquie invited us to spend an evening and night with them at their nice retreat near San Blas.  We always enjoy spending time with them and it has been a couple years since we were there.  

Our route today

We set out about 10:30 and meandered our way north for about a half hour before pulling into the small town of Platanitos to have some lunch.  It is a quaint little village on the ocean and has some nice little restaurants right on the beach.  

We found a nice table on the beach and that's when things went south....well for Susan at least.  The plastic chairs sometimes have less than sturdy legs and as Sue sat down, I watched as the one leg bent back a bit and then sunk itself into the sand.  The result was the chair tipping over backwards like in slow motion and Sue ended up in the sand.  Good thing she was not hurt and I made here stay in position long enough to get a picture!!!  Maybe not a great move on my part, but it was for the blog!!!

She went down easy!!!  

We had a great meal of fish and shrimp and empanadas at la Marinero's.  It will hold us over until supper.  

the wood fired grill

lots of wood stockpiled

We arrived at Suzannes in mid afternoon and did the old catchup on all that has happened since we saw them last.  The plan was to meet for sunset on the beach a little later but the girls went for a swim in the meantime.  Only Sue and Jacquie braved the water because we are spoiled with our heated pool in LP that maintains 84F and this pool is about 75F.  We get soooo spoiled.  

About 5 pm we headed down to the patio that overlooks the beach.  They have a lovely sand beach here with some rocky outcrops.  It has rocks at both ends so not many people walk this particular area.

Just before sunset, the grackles all come to roost in the trees.  What a terrible noise they make and so some people blow off crackers to scare them and they fly off to another area for a while.  

So we sat and watched a beautiful sunset and took some pictures of everyone.

Supper was next on the agenda and Suzanne and Jacquie served up a super meal of SSS (Suzannes Super Salad) and Jambalaya.  The meal was delicious and we enjoyed good conversation as well.  Thanks ladies!!!

We sat and chatted for a while before heading off to bed.  We had a lovely suite to ourselves and slept like babies.  Good Nite!!!

A Few Errands

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

We had a big yacht spend the night in Jaltemba Bay last night and they posted some information about it on FB so it must be true.  The reason I mention this is because this particular yacht rents out for $150,000.00 per week!!!  I can't imagine how someone can afford that.  There is way too much money in this world!!!

A few more errands again today.  I took the e-bike up town to pick up all the stuff.

a metal receptacle cover

I get to park with the motorcycles!!

I got a bulb for the night light 

After my little shopping trip it was time to hit the pool.  With the new heater, the pool water is just perfect for floating around in.  We tried to get FlyBall going but everyone had other plans.  Jen managed to get her favourite floaties all blown up.

We didn't get a sunset tonight because of the clouds but the colors were still great.   We played some SkipBo at John and Kirly's and called it a night.  Good Nite!!!

No More Cool Pool

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

The big excitement around here is the installation of the new pool heater.  Last year about this time, the temperatures dropped down a bit for about a month and a half and the pool got cool enough that we didn't use it much.  So this year the pool will be usable all the time.  Thanks Ed and Jen for the neat addition.  It's a local guy from just around the corner that is installing it, and for those of you that accuse the Mexican people of being slow,  the guy started the job about 8:30 and with a short siesta in mid afternoon, he had the heat turned on by 5 pm.  

        

Other than the heater, not much happened in my world.  Soon it was time for sunset and we had a nice one.  

We all went home for supper and then gathered back at the palapa for some cards.  We played "Swoop" with John and Lauren and Ron and Lilly.  I ended up winning!!!  That's a change.

Of course with the nice warm pool we went for a 9 o'clock swim.  The water was very nice!! Good Nite!!

We Didn't Starve Today!!

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

So when I checked out all my options for a blog tonight, all I could come up with was directly related to food and eating.  Sunday's are Birria day and I headed downtown to find some.  There is a mom and her daughter set up next to Kenia's Cafecito, so I stopped there for a couple taco's.  They were really good and the young girl was a gracious host.

Good looking tacos

and they were gone!!

So after the tummy got full, the eyes started to get heavy, so a siesta was in order.  A swim and some computer work were next.  Sue got around to baking her bread from last night so we had to smell that this afternoon.  The bread turned out to be quite tasty, but you could hear it hit the bottom of your stomach.  Really heavy stuff.  She says she will try one more time to see if it will lighten up.

We headed down to Blair and Joanne's for a drink before going to Las Koritas for supper.  George and Henny joined us as well.  this is Sergio's opening night and he is serving ribs.

The Las 

Our reservation card!!!

Ribs were great

We still are on the wall along with Sheri and Dani

A great night with good friends is always fun.  Good Nite!!