Mexico

We got back from a ten day trip to Mexico on Saturday night. We drove down to my husbands fathers house in a tiny little place called Punta Bufeo on the Baja of Mexico. Right before we reached his dad's house, we saw a wild horse right by the side of the road and then I saw the most beautiful sight ever..... she had a baby that couldn't have been more than a day or two old standing next to her. It was amazing!

My boys had a fantastic time riding their motorcycles on the beach and around the sand dunes behind the house. Alex thought it would be fun to ride wheelies on the beach...after he biffed it three times, I insisted he stop so he didn't have another broken arm!

My youngest had a ball wandering around the tide pools catching creatures. We went with our friends the Bain's and their kids helped Ken build a crab castle where they deposited all of their new pets. The best find was a baby octopus. They put it in a square metal box and laughed their guts out when it inked on them!

One day we got the wave runners out and rode out to an island filled with sea lions. It was so fun to see them swimming around and following us. I wanted to jump in and swim with them like I did once in Cabo San Lucas, but it was a long ride back to the house and I didn't have a towel.

My husband went over to our Mexican friends house to use their phone and they said the phones weren't working after the earthquake. Earthquake? What earthquake! Sunday night, there was a 7.2 earthquake in Calexico - which was 100 miles away from where we were and we didn't even know it. We had been out on the beach riding in the razor and on the four wheelers collecting shells, so if the ground shook, we didn't feel it. As we drove home on Friday through Calexico, we started seeing tents everywhere. Then we started seeing houses and buildings with major damage and then there were places where the road had buckled and had huge gaps in it. There were Red Cross trucks passing out food. We were in shock! After we got home we regretted that we hadn't stopped and given those poor people everything in our cooler and our sleeping bags, pillows and blankets.

We ended up staying in a hotel right outside the border called El Centro. The television didn't work in our room. The lady at the front desk told us it was from the earthquake - most of the t.v.'s hit the floor. About 2 AM my husband woke up to a big bang and thought I was up doing something - we found out later it was a 4.5 after shock. Nice! Who's idea was it to stay there?

Anyway, we were grateful to make it home safely but we are missing the sand, sound of the waves and the 80 degree weather. We just have to eat our guacamole and dream!

My husband makes the best guacamole -

Cut up and mash one avocado.

Add: 3T. fresh salsa, some garlic salt and squeeze in a fresh lime.

Open a cold coke then sit back and dream of sitting in the soft sand!