December 20, 2010

Good to know we have some readers out there Jared :)

Another quiet day in our world although Lynda did have a little excitement when she saw a couple of whales frolicking offshore from Roberto's Restaurant where we had 'parked' ourselves after our breakfast of chilequiles con huevo this morning. I missed out on the sight as I'd gone down the beach to another spot in search of some shade though :-( Maybe tomorrow they'll be back and I'll be lucky enough to see them too.

The shady spot I had settled into was at a guy named Israel's. He wasn't around today but had made the offer to use the property at any time so I took him up on the offer and enjoyed an afternoon of total privacy reclining on a padded lounge chair on the lawns under the palms at the edge of the ocean....how lucky am I!!!!

I've now finished 4 books and am started on my 5th with still a week to in a place where all there is to do is hang in a hammock and read.....nice..... :-)

Mitch is making ceviche tonight so we're going to have a little of that and then head down to Rufie's....I'm ready for another round of sopes - yum yum!!

While I wait for the ceviche....I'll give you a little snapshot of where I am right now....The cicadas are so loud tonight that they're drowning out the sound of the waves on the shore. The temperature is perfect....probably about 75 degrees or so. The air is damp with the fall of night and there is a full moon overhead. A lone taxi just drove up the dirt road but everything here moves pretty slowly and so even the taxi was just crawling along. I'm sitting in Mitch and Viri's new little restaurant/bar that tomorrow will host the first ever Pub Nite in Troncones. The place is large and has a really substantial roof over a hard packed dirt floor that has been raked and swept clean. There are white tables dotting the space and a couple of brightly coloured hammocks are hanging along the edges of the room. I'm sitting at a table for six and there is a colourful cloth over the table and there is a centrepiece of a pretty glass dish with 5 dried sea urchins that finish off the setting perfectly. There are large round white lights overhead that mirror the full moon tonight and I can hear Mitch and Lynda in the kitchen behind me. Mitch is putting the finishing touches on the ceviche Lynda is catching up some of the dishes that seem to multiply when no one is looking. Mitch just brought me a mug of beer which makes me think that the ceviche is almost ready so I'll say adios for tonight...

till next time,
L & L