Parade Day

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

Today started out quite warm. I had to go downtown to get a few things so off I went. When I got to the downtown I saw they were making a bunch of arrangements for the parade tonight.  Now we have been to a lot of parades here and each time we say we will not go back.  We will see what happens.

With the sun getting hotter again, it was time to buy a big hat to keep the nose from burning too badly.  I found one for 100 pesos and that is what I got.  What do you think??

So about 5:30 I gave in and headed downtown to see the parade.  The parade was scheduled to start at 4 so I figured I would be just about right to see the start of it.  Nope, no sign of a parade around here.

We found a spot to sit and claimed it.  Abuela and Rhonda were my parade dates.  There was not much room.

Rhonda spotted a place on the curb across from us so she dashed over there.  It is a long time to stand, so a sitting place is important.

And sunset came and went as we waited!

About 7 pm the police truck showed up leading the parade.  The whole parade took a couple hours to pass by.  I went home before it was over.

A marching band

This parade truck looks a little beat up

A princess

The Queen

Always colourful dancers

And a Harry Potter theme

I headed over to Kenia's to see what she was up to.  I was hungry so ordered the wiener plate with fries from a vendor across from her.  Wrong choice.  It had been sitting out way too long and then they threw everything back in the fryer and it was just nasty.  Even a bunch of sauce on top could not save it.

The crowd for the parade was huge.  I think this was the most people all week. They had a few dancing horses back again.  Rumour has it that the music and party went till about 5 am.

 

They had fireworks later that I saw from home.  I took some pictures and kinda messed this one up but it looked pretty good.  Different anyway.  Good Nite!!!

Yesterday's weather

Passing clouds. 28 / 17 °C
Humidity: 77%. Wind: 4 mph ↑ from Southwest

Strange Fishing Tactics

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

Had my coffee on the beach this morning and just relaxed.  Joel was here and cleaned up all the trees around the spot that Jon and Terry left vacant.  Kinda miss them!!!

Later in the afternoon we watched a young guy drag some tree branches and palm fronds down to the waters edge.  Then he pulled the small panga down there and after tying a rope and bag of sand to the branches, he loaded them up in the boat and took them out a ways and dumped the whole thing overboard.  I am told that the bait fish are attracted to the branches and somehow the fishermen go and catch them when lots have gathered.  Interesting.

Next thing you know it was sunset time again.  So the group gathered and the sun went down.  Notice how the sun is moving further across the ocean each day.

After supper some of us headed downtown to check out the 80's music.  Not that bad for a Mexican group.  They did have a guitar but the rest was canned music.  Lots of people still around and there is still 1 more day of Festival before the town gets back to normal.

After we had enough of all the excitement, I took the Angel home.  Good Nite!!!

Birria Day Again

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

Sunday is birria day for me.  I was a bit late remembering this morning so I didn't get the invitation out to everyone.  Jeff was there when I was heading out the gate so he and Max joined me in my walk down to Abuelas.  I had Tacos Dorado de Birria which were amazing.  Now I have to wait another week to enjoy it again.

Back home and a little time by the water.  Some guy went by on a quad and he had put a seadoo body on it.   It looked quite funny but I don't think it floats.

We found out that there was supposed to be a horse parade today at 2 pm so we went down town to check it out.  Of course there was no parade until after 3 pm as per Mexican protocol.  The Mexicans take the lateness all in stride and just have another beer while the wait.  So thats what we did.

They said there were about 500 horses in the parade and I can believe that.  Some pretty nice looking steads prancing down the street.  Lots of dancing horses too.

We kinda got the horses ass of a seat but that was ok.   The tequila bottle got passed around and the girl on the horse took on a fair bit of the fire water.  

Fany thought the best part of the parade were the little yellow chicks they were selling on the street.  

We all went home for a little relaxation and some supper and then headed back down town for the evening action.  It was loud and hectic with lots of horses still around.  Lots of beer drinking and dancing horses as well.  

A different colour horse

gonna be a mess to clean up tomorrow

Kenia was quite busy tonight with all the people here for the horse show.  The new Cafecito II is working out quite well.  I made my own little treat.  3 peach halves with cream on top.

A pretty neat day with all the horses but it was time for me and my buddy to head down the back streets toward home.  Good Nite!!!

Today's weather

Sunny. 25 / 18 °C
Humidity: 82%. Wind: 6 mph ↑ from Southwest