New Years Eve With Our La Penita Family

WHERE ARE WE? Numero Uno RV Park, La Penita, Mexico

Happy New Year Everyone.  We spent the day just hanging out and enjoying the day.  We had no where to go until 8 pm so enjoyed a nice sunset before we left.  The sky got quit pink in the afterglow.

So about 8 we headed over to Abuela's to bring in the New Year.  There was lots of family there and we are always honoured to be considered family.  They communicate with us as much as possible for most of the evening, but once the party starts it is hard for them not to just speak Spanish.  We can quite often understand by their actions along with understanding a few word along the way. All in all we have quite a good time eating and drinking and laughing.

Julian and Katherine had a lot of fun dancing to the music.  Julian is a really good dancer and has all the right moves.  

Around 11 we thought we might sneak away but they got the kids playing games so we had to stay to watch.  Then they started to involve the adults so we got carried away having some great fun.

All the while there was lots of food on the table.  The kids had a whole bunch of firecrackers and boomers to set off.  It doesn't matter how young you are, you get to light some firecrackers.  

Oscar had a couple of really big loud ones to light.  The boys took them down to the end of the block and lit them and then ran back.  They exploded with a mighty bang and a cloud of smoke and dust.  The Mexicans love the loud ones.  They don't really care if they are all pretty as long as they scare every dog in the country.

Before we left they lit some Chinese lanterns.  They are not that dangerous here because everything is concrete and tile so fire is not a threat.  We followed these ones all the way home as they floated along on their way to the ocean.

It was a great evening with our La Penita family.  Thanks for including us.  We have been going to bed normally around 9-10 pm so when we got home and saw the clock, we were quite impressed.  I bet we sleep in tomorrow!   We are looking forward to what 2025 might hold in store for us.  Good Nite!!!

A Nice Little Tour and Hike to the Petroglyphs

WHERE ARE WE? Numero Uno RV Park, La Penita, Mexico

Today we decided it was time to take a little tour up into the mountains to explore with Jeff and Fany, Theo and Max.  We were the tour guides and took them up to a little town perched on the side of the mountain called Alta Vista.  Alta Vista means High View, and that's what you get from up there.  You can see for miles. It was a little bit hazy today, but the view was still there, just not a great day for pictures though. Walking the streets here is not for the faint of heart.

All of the horses were saddled and ready to go.

Parakeets outside some of the houses

Everything has flowers

Lots of simple Christmas reminders

Houses perched on the side of the mountain

Beautiful views on the way up

Narrow little streets.  Very steep here.

We literally wore out our welcome!  Get it?

We headed down the mountain again and headed for the petroglyphs.  On our way we stopped to look at an RV park that our friend Steve has been working on developing.  It is a very interesting spot with a view of the ocean.  Right now he uses it for summer storage for snowbird RV's.  

Lots of hookup spots

Some turkeys running around.  They escaped Christmas

The cowboy at the gate

Then it was off to the petroglyphs.  We had a narrow little windy cobblestone road to follow.  Not many places to pass but we were lucky.  We only met 2 vehicles where there was a wider spot so no one had to back up.  

After about 30 minutes of bumping along we got to the parking lot.

The hike and the scenery are the highlight of this hike.  Although the petroglyphs are something amazing from the past, a lot of the spectacle is the way the rocks have been worn by the water over the years.  The hike is a gentle one for even an old man like me, but a walking stick is almost a must.  The hike is maybe a half mile long.

Theo leading the way

Somebody told be what kind of tree this is but I forgot.

The only picture 

Beautiful rock formations where waterfall normally is.

Beautiful pool.  Not much water running.

Jeff took a dip

Jeff and Fany

Awesome picture of where falls normally are

Fany and Max

I just realized that I didn't take a single picture of a petroglyph.  They were on all the rocks you can see around but on the other side of the rocks you see.  

So when we got done with the hike, you guessed it, everyone was hungry so we stopped at a roadside restaurant that we had drove by many time, but never have stopped.  It is in La Lima which is just north east of La Penita.  We were glad we did because it had awesome food. 

I wasn't in charge of the camera today so lots of me photos

Me again!!

good sized restaurant

A huge pinata

Ok who got the best food!

Theo won with his tuna

He ate the whole thing!!!

Well our bellies were full but we all decided to head downtown to see Kenia and get some frappes.  She was actually quite busy which is good.  She has not been as busy this year as in past years.  We passed the policia as well as some neat little restaurants on the side streets.

Heading down the beach

Sabor de Casa

Tonita

Street vendor!!!

Local Police.  They are all good guys.

Today was a pretty good day.  We saw a lot of things and enjoyed every minute.  Thanks for coming along guys!!  Good Nite!!