March 13, 2015 - Gonzaga

Tobey was up in time for the sunrise today and got a great picture. As the day progressed, we had sunny skies, but it was very windy! We took the scooter up to the store hoping we could get WIFI and I thought we might actually fly there. I am glad it was only a mile up the road – we were buffeted around quite a bit!

Our “banda ancha” didn’t work, so we paid $15 pesos (just over $1USD) to use their WIFI for 30 minutes. Well, their WIFI only works with cell phones, not laptops, so we were out of luck and they gave us our money back!

We went back to the RV and hung out playing cards and watching the birds. We also watched a group of Mexican guys from Tijuana who had gone out in their kayaks to fish. It was so windy, they had trouble getting back to the shore. When they did, a couple of them were a long way from their campsite and didn’t have any strength left to paddle against the wind. Tobey went down and talked with them to see if he could help. One fellow had a hand-trailer and was able to pull his back; the other guy didn’t.

Tobey offered to help carry it back to their campsite. They offered him a beer, Tobey said no thanks, but he would take some fish tomorrow if they catch some!

This afternoon we walked back down by the restaurant, collecting shells and hoping that we would see some fishing boats come in so we could buy more fish. We found shells, but no fish. It was so windy that even the local fishermen didn’t go out today.

The wind died back a little and we enjoyed sitting on the beach watching the birds. There are so many varieties of gulls, frigates, herons, cormorants, pelicans and osprey here.

We’ve also seen lots of jumping fish. It is funny the way they leap out of the water 3-4 feet. So far, we haven’t seen any of the birds catch them when they jump. There’s always tomorrow …

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