February 23, 2018 - Playa Blanca, Mexico

We had a very quiet, peaceful night – the only sound was waves on the shore. Pure heaven! This is our little campsite and it is pretty quiet so we think we will stay another day.We took a long walk on the beach this morning, maybe 2 miles round trip. Tobey spotted another fish tail in the sand – thankfully, neither of us stepped on it! After our walk we took a siesta so we would have the energy to walk next door for lunch! This restaurant is just south of us and we had a nice lunch – Tobey had the fish filet and I had three shrimp tostadas and a diet coke. $200 pesos including tip. (about $11USD)After lunch we stayed in the shade reading and keeping out of the sun. We saw these fishermen bringing their boat in. Once it was onshore, they hooked the rope to a truck that pulled it higher on the beach.There are several areas where the rocky areas that create a sheltered area for swimming – or mostly sitting.We again headed south on the beach about a mile. This afternoon we spotted a turkey vulture scavenging on a puffer fish.Further down was a lone pelican on the rocks. Earlier in the day when my camera was still in the RV there were five of them here. We did watch this guy fly a few times and dive into the water and come up with a tasty fish.The egrets were hanging out on the rocks, too.On our way back to the RV, we saw this little turtle trying to make his way out to sea. He would get going, then a wave would  come in and tumble his progress backward. He was only about 3-4 inches long and would be a treat for the pelicans.We went to the Restaurante Olguita for  dinner again today. Tobey had the fried shrimp and I tried the coconut shrimp. Tobey’s was good, but mine was great! Both of them had 8 shrimps, rice, and salad. Tonight’s dinner with tip was $300 pesos ($16.75 USD).While we were waiting for our dinner to arrive we enjoyed watching the waves and the pelicans swooping by skimming the waves.We also had fun watching these boys and three other younger ones playing on the beach. They started off sitting in the fisherman’s boat, then kicking a soccer ball, and by the time we were finishing our dinner,they were all splashing in the waves. We commented that it reminded us more of when we were kids and played outside until it was dark. When the restaurant started putting little battery powered lights up, the boys got their soccer ball and headed home.We again had a beautiful sunset and hope for a beautiful day tomorrow. We asked and our waiter told us there will be many people on the beach tomorrow and Sunday, so we will see how crowded busy really is here!GPS: 15.73376N, 96.81394W