Here we are headed out for another day of fishing. Joyce, Glenn, Kevin and Roy. It was a beautiful morning. Kevin is camping with his parents rite next to us. There are lots of families from all over Mexico here this week for Christmas vacation. Glenn invited Kevin to come along on the fishing trip, it is his first time ever fishing on the ocean.
This was a great day!!!!!!! Four Dorado (Mahi-mahi) in the boat in one day is very good.

First fish of the day, that is Joyce fighting with the first Dorado. (Mahi-Mahi)

Waiting for more action,

Now it is Kevin's turn, he coughed a nice Dorado. (Mahi-mahi)

It's my turn, I was resting my arm from cranking, pound for pound I don't think there is a fish that fights harder than this fish. My arms were sore the next day.

Three in the box, we need one more.

And here it is, Glenn working the 4th Dorado of the day.

Here is the one I pulled in. Louis thinks it is about 15 Kilo. All I know is that it fought like hell and there were a lot of fillets on it.

They really change colors when they have been in the box for a few minutes.

Us at Christmas dinner. There were about 25 other people from the campground that went out for dinner.

We have been very busy. This picture was taken on the square in a little town in the banana plantation near Cihuatlan Jalisco Mexico. These are school students that attend the nearby school. We were invited to go along to watch the kids enjoy a Christmas party. Several of the residents in our RV park donate gifts candy and pinatas for the children to enjoy. The children all get a ticket and when their number is called they are allowed to come up and choose a gift. There were 8 or more bicycles so they went first. It was a real treat to see the smiles on those kids faces.

This was one happy little boy.

This was a real treat.

All of these gifts were donated by winter residents. They do this every year.

And there is the proof, it was a banana plantation. They grow lots and lots of bananas here. It is a major source of income in this area. Agriculture is a major presence here with of course tourism important too.

After the party at the school, we went into Cihuatlan and got there just in time to see a Christmas parade. They do it up big. Look at these costumes.

These guys were priceless.

After the parade we had pizza at a very good pizza restaurant in Cihuatlan.

It sure was a full day. After pizza it was off to the local auditorium to see the children put on a Christmas show that really impressed us. They had singers, guitars, dancers Etc. The youngsters made and decorated the entire stage themselves. This was a very good show and the kids put in a lot of hard work to do it.

They were very talented.

It must have taken hours of practice to do this rite.

It was a big production, and lasted about two hours.

This picture was along our bicycle route. I will take more pictures in the future along that route. They grow lots of peppers here. It is interesting to see the fields of peppers.

And of course we do have to do chores as well. These beer cozy's need to be ready for use tomorrow.

This was a little surprise birthday for Miguel, he sells oysters on the beach as well as teaches music to children at the local school. He is very active with helping children of the community appreciate music. Our friend Priscilla arranged the party and fun was had by all.

Miguel and his daughter treated us to a song.

We were treated to some fine music provided by Miguel.

Sunset after the birthday party.

The first fishing trip of the season. This is the sunrise on our way out. It is about 6:45 AM

The sunrise over the ocean was quite spectacular.

The lines were in the water and the sun coming up. 

This was about 11:20 AM and finally we had one on. We thought the  day might be a bust.

This was friend Jeff on the pole. It gave him quite a fight.

The flash in the water is the fish getting close. This was after about a 20 to 25 min. fight.

Boat Captain Jerry gaffed it and pulled it over the side. Of course a few clunks on the head so it will not flail around in the bottom of the boat. If the bill of the fish happens to cut someone in the boat it will cause a bad infection.

A real nice fish, good guess about 60 lbs. A very nice Sailfish.

Guess what we are having for dinner tonight. It  was plenty for all of us to put several packages in the freezer too. What a great tasting fish. Very firm white meat, we had dinner of fish for two evenings in a row. Belinda had a great recipe for fish tacos, what a treat.

Here is our fishing group, Jerry the Captain filleting fish, Jeff, Joyce, Glenn and I am taking pictures. That is the boat we were out in on the right.

This picture was taken along our way to the beach at Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico. We will be spending the winter here in our motor home. It is quite warm here now, but there is a breeze off the ocean. We had a good trip from our home near Chapala. It is only 235 miles from home.

These fishermen were very active in the bay at Melaque. They are throwing their nets out to catch bait fish for the next day when they go out deeper to fish. Cannot say for sure that are, but we believe they are long liners, where they bait up hundreds of hooks at a time.

Nice sunset for our first evening at the beach.

Our campground is on the left side, just above the beach. You can see some motor homes in the front row. We  are just behind them.

Happy hour!

Getting darker.

It sure is nice here, we are living a dream.

We are now in Melaque, Jalisco  Mexico, it is Dec. 2nd and we will be here for three months. These pictures are a continuation of our trip to Oaxaca, Puerto Escondido, Zihuatanejo, and Morelia , Mex. in Oct. The above picture is at Puerto Escocndido, it is a big time surfer town, The surf is always up and there are surfers that come from all over the world to surf there. The town is kid of remote and is not a huge town with high rises,, it is just a beach town with a lot of medium priced hotels. We found the prices for food and drinks to be very reasonable. It was hot at the time we visited in late Oct. There is a lot of fishing in the area with lots of charter boats that you can rent.

Big surf, notice the surfers swimming just beyond this wave, they are waiting for the rite wave.

Puerto Escondido has a beautiful beach, notice the hand sticking out of the rock. There are some creative people here.

On our way to Zihuatanejo, We had to spend the night in this small town. The road was closed due to some kind of student protest. We left the next morning with no problems. We had planned to spend the night in Acapulco.

We had lunch in this restaurant, of course we found a singing waiter. "WE LOVE MEXICO"

The view that greeted us in Zihuatanejo.

Lots of statues in Zihuatanejo.

This picture of Brooks and Mary was taken at a roadside restaurant just before we arrived in Zihuatanejo. It was high on a cliff overlooking the Pacific.

View from the restaurant. It was breathtaking. It was just a nice find, and the price of food and drinks was unbelievably  inexpensive.

Lots of bronse statues in Zihuatanejo.

This was on the main square in town.

A view of the landscape in Zihuatanejo. We would recommend this destination for a visit, it was very friendly and not too expensive. It is rite next to Xtapa but without the big high rises.

It was just a real nice place to be.

High in the mountains on our way from Zihuatanejo (temp 90) to this spot (temp 55) what a change in 2 hrs.

Sunday afternoon in Morelia, Mex. This was a student protest march. No violence, just a march.

Cathedral, downtown Morelia.

Sunday afternoon on the square in Morelia. It is a beautiful city. We will go back again.

Evening on the square in Morelia. This is our friend Mary clowning around with the clowns. They loved the gringa.

These clowns adopted Mary.

The Cathedral in downtown Morelia.