Rocky Point Mexico - Spring Break

Our government warned everyone to stay out of Mexico because of the problems. But in Rocky Point there were no " bumps" to be found. Life went on as normal - just a little less tourists and and alot quieter at night... ("No Fireworks"). The weather was perfect, in the mid 70's with a slight breeze to cool you off. We stayed at the "Playa Bonita" Trailer Park which was probably half full of guests. No standing in line for a shower or the bathrooms this time. Just 5 families from our ward came down: Steiner's, Colliers, Faie and her boys and the Cooks stayed in the condo next door at the "Sonoran Sky" and my son Jon also stayed at the condo resort "Las Palmas". Both are good condos and we want to go down again and try them out some other time. We sure missed the 8 other families from our ward that couldn't make it down this year but we tried to make the best of it anyway. We were there from Sat. to Wed. and only a 5 hour trip hauling a trailer. On Sunday we went to church at the LDS chapel in town and saw many people that we knew. The shopping was great at the Fish Market and the dirt mall (which isn't dirt any more) but small store shops with cement flooring and air conditioning too. I bought a couple large ceramic pots, and the typical "cheap Mexican junk" like one vendor called it and everything was "practically free". I did do some great bargaining getting some things down to half the price they first quoted. We did go to the bakery and had fresh Mexican sweet bread that had just come right out of the brick oven. We took a trip out to Choya Bay and the tide was out and lots of sea creatures were to be found. My favorite activity was sitting on the beach most of the afternoon reading my book. I loved it when the vendors wandered by selling all their wares. That's the ultimate shopping, you don't have to leave your chair. My favorite treat was the fresh mangoes they would peel and put on a stick with some fresh lime squeezed on it. Steiner's had a rousing game of ping pong and volleyball always going. Rick brought the boche balls and had fun playing them with Doug in the waves. Kenzie was no where to be found always off playing with her friends from Stapley. She did not want to come home. We did have a fire on the beach and cooked up s'mores and sang camp songs for FHE. On the way back to the States
we did have to wait at the border for an hour which wasn't too bad. On the way through the border town one school had all the little children waving to all the Americans, I thought that was
so sweet I wish I had gotten a picture of that. I hope we can go down again next year. The only thing I regret not doing was to ride a horse on the beach, but we just ran out of time. I love Mexico. It's a great tradition and memory making vacation.