Hurricane Odie, in September 2014, dominated the Baja Peninsula for 9 stormy days, during which time 92% were without power while dealing with widespread flooding, damage to homes and businesses and looting (martial law was [...]
Between my broken Spanish and his brokenEnglish we finally communicated the commands -when I was supposed to pull the release tolower the parasail for landing.Our motto: "It's not a real vacation unless you sign a waiver!!"Massages [...]
Welcome flowers on the bed - a sweetMexican traditionOur waiter snapped this photo of us tryingto remember when we were last in Ixtapaand Zihuatanejo - about 5 years ago?Morning dip in the pool on our [...]
Mike, Dan and Aron fired up some honkin' dirt bikes for a ride from San Diego across the border down about a third of the peninsula. The calm of Pacific ocean breezes was broken by [...]
So what do you think is a long day of dirt biking? Four hours? Six hours? Try eight hours. 203 miles in one day and 242 miles the next! (Note the professional napping job by [...]
What a night! We took a late night stroll on the beach only to find baby sea turtles in the sand. The fish and wildlife had seeded the beach with turtle eggs to restore the [...]
This was thrilling to see...and hard to photograph. The blue whale is the largest mammal ever known to have lived. They can grow over 100 feet long (think of 3 school buses), and newborn calves [...]
Check out the surfing. Mike took lessons, and eventually caught 13 out of 15 waves in a row. Those were some gnarly 2 foot waves, man!
We don't usually point out hotel rooms (and we stay in quite a few) but this room at the Villa Amor was truly exceptional. Open completely to the bay, with fresh breeze blowing in while [...]
Sayulita, a lovely seaside town north of Puerto Vallarta, was our home for a week for a yoga/surf retreat. We did yoga about 3 hours a day (can you believe that?) thanks to Via Yoga [...]
Musico muy romantico! This restaurant became our favorite. They made fresh salsa and guacamole at the table. We also succumbed to the camarones (shrimp) which is the specialty in Mazatlan. The best margaritas ever. And... [...]
