For a short 3-day trip, we rented a car for our first Mexican driving experience and drove northwest to the coast of Nayarit. We stayed in San Blas, a small town on the beach that was devistated by a hurricane a few years ago. We and about 10 other people shared a 3 mile section of beach with soft sand, and perfect bodysurfing waves.
Also during our trip was the national Revolution Day celebration on November 20th, when the town hosts a huge parade with school groups in costumes, the Mexican Navy. and a group of guys dancing to “Macho Man” and wearing hard hats…hmmmm.
Took an evening trip to a small town called Sauta, where in 2006 I worked on an immigration story for a week. Unfortunately, we only stopped there for the evening rodeo, and the workers who spend 9 months a year in Virginia, hadn’t returned home to their families yet, so I didn’t see anyone I knew.
On the way home, we stopped in Platanitas, a wonderful very very little town and had THE most delicious meal of fish on the grill (see last photo.)
Our great friends Pete and Angie are here from Roanoke this week, and we are so excited to have our first visitors.
