The Adventures of PK: Chacala to La Cruz

12-9-12 - La Cruz Marina, MX

Watch out for the jalapeno margaritas at Las Brisas!

Back to marina life again. Autumn Wind is pleasantly floating at a dock in La Cruz after our trip from Chacala to Jaltambra for a night and then around the corner to La Cruz. The transition to the relatively bustling Banderas Bay from the more tranquil setting of Chacala is good for us. You can only sit under a beach palapa, play in the waves and drink cervezas for so many days in a row. Ok, you can do that for a lot of days in a row, and we did. I need to pinch myself and remember that sitting under a beach palapa, playing in the waves drinking cervezas is what many people do with their prized 5 days a year off and we get to do that for as many days as we like. But the trip is more of an adventure than an endless series of days sitting on the beach and there are many more places to see and explore.

Sue and Elizabeth doing the palapa thing

View from the papala out to our boats at Chacala

Toys for sale at Jaltambra

La Cruz marina is everything Chacla was not. There are more activities planned and things to do here than a retirement home. From happy hour and cheap ceviche tostadas on Wed and Fri, to Mexican Train domino's on Wed, pool volleyball at 4:00P (in a pool the size of a big hot tub) the bonfire on the break wall at 7:00P (half moon / half off party, don't want to miss that) to the locals market every Sunday. That's just the first two days we've been here. The list of activities goes on and on; and that doesn't even cover the "must eat at" restaurants in the town of La Cruz or the many other towns and beaches that are just a bus ride away. I can now see how you get sucked into the vortex that is Banderas Bay. We are already discussing the option of never leaving (or at least spending a week or two in this area)

Seeing as it is Sunday and the weekend, we figured it would be a good day to take some time off form our hectic schedule of doing whatever we want and go to the locals market at the marina. It's sort of a farmers market feel without the vegetables and with more arts and crafts. The only stipulation put on people selling their wares is that they had to be directly involved with the making/growing/cooking of the products they sell. We were advised correctly to go hungry, which we did; and returned full, with homemade cheese and tamales for the future and various crafts to brighten up the boat and give it a more festive Mexico feeling. To Elizabeth's enjoyment, everything in Mexico is colorful, buildings, tablecloths, dishes etc... After our local market excursion it's now siesta time, being Sunday and all you don't want to work too hard. And there's always manana right?