A Tour to the Petroglyphs

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Today we took a little tour to the Petroglyphs up near Alta Vista.  I guess this was the first time here for everyone but me, so I was the unofficial tour guide.  Susan and I have probably been here 4 times before so had some idea of the road.  The road is just a dirt trail for a couple of miles and narrow and goes through a river bed.  About the time you think you should turn around, you are there.  After you get parked up, it is about a half mile hike up to the waterfall at the far end.  There are petroglyphs all along the way and the trail is not really that rugged but you have to be careful.  We headed out like the jungle explorers we were.

carvings on top of the rock

When you get to the far end there are some pools in the rocks at the bottom of the water fall.  This time of year there is not much water coming down the falls.  Kirley was the only one with a bathing suit, so she got to explore the pools.

Sitting in the queens throne

water was cold she said

Noooooo don't jump!!!!

There was a little Mexican man there raking up the leaves and keeping everything neat and tidy.  He asked for 50 pesos each to help him with his work.  He has been here every time we have come and does lots of work to keep it nice.

We finished up with a little lunch when we got back to the parking lot before heading for home.

When we left there we went to Las Ayala because everyone has been talking about the Sea Elephant that is on the beach there.  Sea Elephants come on shore to do some skin maintenance which requires sun and sand.  He has been here a few days going in and out of the water so we thought we better see him.  He is being well protected by marine people so is under very little stress.  Everyone is being quite quiet and respectful. I forgot to take my phone so had to steal pictures off facebook, but this is exactly what we saw.

Heading for home we saw some nice looking horses on Chicken Street.  These ones were quite big and looked after very well.

Big horse for a little girl

All day long I had a hankering for liver and onions.  So when we got home, it wasn't long before I jumped on my bike and headed down to El Pollito for the best liver ever.

Best liver and onions in town.

Kenia had invited me to come to her house after supper for a wee visit.  I headed over there about 8 and sat and visited as best I could with 4 Spanish speaking girls babbling away.  They would stop and fill me in every once in a while but for the most part, they were having a girl conversation about who had the best friends.  Although I don't get a lot of what they talk about, I am so blessed that they even entertain having an old fart like me around.  They all call me dad and make sure I have food and agua fresca.  They were into the bubblies tonight though.  

Suzanna, Karen, Kenia

Crazy Kenia

Carol and a little girl she is babysitting.

We have been having some problems with the town supplying enough water for our needs and tonight when I checked the cistern, the water level had dropped dramatically.  I bet we will run out of water by morning, but there is nothing we can do until we can get the water truck to come tomorrow.  The stick is 8 ft long which is how deep the cistern is and you can see the water mark way at the bottom indicating 1 foot of water.

We did manage to see another nice sunset tonight after a busy day.  Good Nite!!!