Good morning to you all on another beautiful day here in Zihaut! Lets fill you in on our week. First off, we hooked up with the relatives from the Yukon on thursday. They were just in town for a few hours from their cruise ship. It was great to see them all. Even great grandma Vera made it from Atlin, as well as Grandma Healey,Auntie Liz, Uncle Ron and Conrad from Whitehorse. You can tell they were used to the cold climate of the Yukon, when asked to dress appropriately for the weather they threw on short sleeve shirts with their pants. Actually, i think Aunite Liz wore her shorts. We were very proud of our grandma Healey thou gh because she had conquered many fears to get here, including flying to San Diego to get on the cruise ship, and getting into a small commuter boat when the ship arrived in port. Mark and the older girls took Conrad snorkeling. I believe Mark even had the spear gun out in hopes of impressing everyone with his fish catching skills (well he hasn't actually caught anything yet, but we would of all been impressed if he did!) We had a lovely time catching up, eating tacos and wading in the ocean. It was so great to see everyone.
Next we headed out on a fishing expedition, Stuart and Marie's treat, on friday. Moses, our fishing guide picked us up around 10am in his (very small) fishing boat. Their was the 6 of us, our 2 dogs, Stuart and Marie, and Moses and his son. We threw the rods in the ocean and set out at a trolling pace. After about 45 minutes we hooked one and Papa Stuart reeled it in. It was huge!! A yellow fin tuna, weighing in at around 18lbs., well done papa.! We headed further up the coast to an island called Ixtapa island where they cooked up our fish for us for lunch. We did some snorkeling their as well. It was beautiful! The water was crystal blue and the fish were swimming right up to the shore. On our departure from the island the sea grew very rough, we were in swells around 12ft high, Moses made a quick phone call to our beach and had to reroute us because the conditions were too dangerous. He took us to another drop off spot. I don't remember much of the boat ride home, mostly because i kept my eyes shut and i was praying!!!! Man, im sure i was still shaking when my feet finally touched solid ground. I felt suck gratitude for Moses at that moment for keeping my family safe. We took a taxi to our beach and found out that their had been an earthquake. It was 4.8 on the ricter scale. The epicentre was just east of us in Gueraro......CRAZY
The next day we stayed close to home and did some snorkeling about. Poor Rryla got stung by a jellyfish not once, but twice.! She stayed out of the water after that. Apparantly because the waves have been so high it brings in the jellyfish.
On Saturday it was Marks and my 6th year anniversary. We had a lovely dinner down the beach at a beautiful restaurant. It was perfect.
We picked up some boogeyboards in town the other day and have had great fun in the ocean with them. We have met some lovely people, alot of people from Canada. It has been great to stay put for longer than a couple of days. It has been especially great hanging out with Marks parents. They have made this leg of our journey very memorable. The kids will miss them greatly when we carry on tomorrow. We are headed for Puerto Escondido. It will take 2 days to get their.
Today is a very excited day for us, it is our oldest daughters birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY RRYLA!! We are sending her up in the sky today, attached to a parachute. I believe its called parasailing. For some reason she thinks this will be much fun. We will get it on video for you all to see. We are going to have dinner out at the restaurant tonight, it should be a great day. We will take some pictures and post them as well.
Love to all of you.
PS
Sunshine really does make you happy!!