Hooked on "Hooked"

Lynne and Dave Anderson invited us out for a day of cruising on "Hooked", their 32 ft. sport fishing boat.  Lynne described the group as the "Virginia/Colorado/San Carlos Connection"-we all had lived in those three places.  Libby Kyer virtually introduced us to Lynne and Dave, who live right down the street from us.  Lynne has taken art classes with Libby in Denver.  

"Hooked" at her dock at Marina Vista, right outside the Anderson home.

The most popular guest, Boo, really seemed to enjoy
watching the water.  He now seems quite at home on a boat.

Cynthia and Bill (from Silverton), Lynne (from Frasier),
Jayne(from Denver) and guess who?

Boo and I, Dave Anderson and our captain, Daniel

Cynthia and Lynne and a little bit of Bill

My handsome men

Again, my pictures don't do this justice, but our boat played
with the dolphins, as adults and babies surrounded us and
swam in our wake.

This was a whole flock of loons all just sitting on the water together.
The sea was just full of all kinds of wildlife today.

The skies were cloudy and the waters were unbelievably calm as we
cruised down San Francisco Bay to the Estero and on to Miramar and
the coast of Guaymas.

We saw several small fishermen who Daniel said were
fishing for some kind of fish they use in ceviche.

The Captain and crew

Some of the high end homes in Marina Vista

This is the Anderson's incredible home which is up for sale

....complete with an infinity pool.

The square white house is the "party" house for the mayor of Guaymas

One nice thing about a cloudy day is it often foretells a gorgeous sunset.  These were all taken from our deck.

Mariachi Party

We drove Susan and David to the airport on Saturday, after a nice brunch at Toro's, came back and took a very short siesta, and then out to a potluck party at Marina Vista.  Pat and Larry hosted a wonderful evening of great food and entertainment at the community center there.

Community center

The crowd at the pavilion

Check out that beautiful mural

A great mariachi band

The lead singer

Jim's Spanish teacher, Arnold, with his family

Pat, our hostess, dancing with Arnold's sister-check out those heels!

Each of the members of the band had a solo.

A happy audience

Jim, Arnold and Bill 

Arnold and his wife were extraordinary dancers

Arnold dancing with a sister

Bill and Cheryl, friends from Villas Bahia

Arnold and his beautiful wife

Arnold's wife and son

Sunset on Algodones

San Francisco Beach Bonfire and Cook-Out and Farewell to Susan and David

We've been so wanting a bonfire on the beach and this week we made it happen.  We went to what we now call "Boo's Beach" at San Francisco Bay, played in the water and sat chatting it up until sunset.  Then Jim made us some wonderful burgers and, afterwards, a fabulous bonfire.

The next day, Susan and David's last, we went to the Soggy Peso for a last taste of shrimp quesadillas, a last look at the kite boarders and crazy birds, and a last dance with Manuelito.  

Nacapule Canyon, La Manga and El Mirador

Thursday I spent the morning cleaning house, which, believe it or not, felt refreshing.  Jim, Susan and David went hiking in Nacapule Canyon with Mary Ellen and Ken, who are from Durango and own a house here.

David in a contemplative moment

Mary Ellen and Ken negotiating a cliff in Nacapule Canyon

Afterwards, we went up to the fishing camp to the La Manga Restaurant, where we had wonderful fresh seafood-I had a torta with crab and shrimp and avocado and Jim had the fried oysters-both were terrific!  You can't get seafood as fresh as this.  The oyster beds are right outside the restaurant and the other seafood is but hours old.

Ken and Mary Ellen at La Manga

Old buds eating crab, shrimp and avocado tostadas

On our way home, we stopped for sunset at El Mirador, chosen by National Geographic as the best ocean view in the world.

Just the right moment

What they call the "goat titty" mountains behind us

Oh, to be a bird on an evening like this

Our pals in the sunset