Sitting at the Marina restaurant across from the commercial fishermen. Early in the morning there are all kinds of fish available for people to buy for restaurants and fish stores. The location is close to the pier so we also watched sweating cruise ship folks headed back to the ship.

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Not much going on the last few days. Judy took the kids from the family we help out to get some clothes. School uniforms, some shoes and dresses for the wedding. They were all worn out after the shopping, but very excited about the new clothes. I spent some time watching New Orleans take care of the Arizona Cardinals from an adult beverage location downtown.

We went to the Comercial Mexicana, the local Costco affiliate store, on Sunday morning. That really appears to be one of the better times to go. The store wasn’t very busy. You know you have been coming here for a while when you run into people you know and chat with them at the grocery store. Just like home. We spent the rest of the day hanging around the house. I will hit the Mercado this morning some time to get our veggies fruit, and of course, a little more string cheese from our friend Bernardo.

I was up early enough this morning to give Alfredo a cup of coffee. He looks at me in my shorts and tee shirt and asked me how I can stand the cold. He has on a long shirt and looks a little cold. It was about 72 degrees this morning at 6:30.

Another cruise ship came in this morning. Yesterday the Carnival Spirit was in for the day and this morning is the Radiance of the Sea. Last year the Carnival Spirit was about the only ship that came in on a regular basis. The Swine Flu rerouted most of the other ships.

Right now we are contemplating riding the bus up to Playa Linda. It is located at the north end of Ixtapa. It is the end of the road over there. You can catch the water taxi to Ixtapa Island if you want to snorkel. We have been there and done that one a few years ago. There is also a lagoon there loaded with crocodiles, on the other side of a fence. We haven’t ever spent time at Playa Linda, so maybe we should check it out. When the cruise ships are in, downtown gets busy.

It’s about 9 AM now and I see what appears to be a mother daughter team waiting for the bus back to town. They go up the hill on the bus with the workers in the morning and sell food at one of the bigger construction sites. Then they head home and reload for lunch about 1 PM. I watched them last year also. Everybody has some sort of work going on.

Time to take a break. Hopefully I will have more to report later about our bus ride to Playa Linda.

Well, that plan didn’t come together. Our friends Dan and Jeanne showed up and visited for a couple of hours. They left about noon, so we caught the bus down to the Madera area to look around. We haven’t been down there yet this year. Judy made a nail appointment at Lilyana’s. She is her hair dresser and her daughter in-law does nails in her shop also. We walked up the street to the Casa Café to check it out. They had a large tree limb crash through their kitchen roof last Friday during the storm that rolled through. I helped the owner move a table with an espresso machine on it so he could get up on a ladder to finish some work. Their new roof is a blue tarp. They will be open for business on Tuesday. We finished our walk up the street and wound up at the Marina restaurant for a late lunch. Spent about an hour there right across from where the fishing boats come in after fishing all night long. We watched the cruise ship parade come by on the walkway. It was time to move on, so we hit the Mercado for a few needed items and picked up a couple of chiles rellenos to go for our dinner tonight. We got them from one of the many little lunch counters in there. They were very zesty and tasty for our dinner tonight.

Currently we are trying to stay awake at 8:40. It appears that it will be another early night tonight. We brought some DVD’s with us and we happen to have a TV and DVD player in our bedroom. Looks like Tony Soprano will be visiting us again tonight.

That’s it for today.

Warren