Kino

This post brought to you by Flat Stanley and Hailey Donovan

Today is my second day in

Kino Bay

,

Mexico

.  This is me at the beach where I made a new friend.  On the first day, Hailey, Claire, Colter and I were sick.  It feels good to be on the beach today.

 

 

On the third day I went to Windy Point.  This is a good place for tide pooling.

Hailey was scared about me getting wet from sea cucumbers

 

This is me standing over a sea anemone.  I thought it was pretty cool!

 

 

I am sitting in front of sea cucumbers and there is a sea anemone right next to me.  When sea cucumbers get scared they pee.  Hailey has held many sea cucumbers and has gotten a little wet.

 

 

 

Today, I got to ride on the boat.  Colter held me so that I wouldn’t blow overboard. 

Cosme is in the back of the boat, he is the captain.  He knows a lot about the

Sea

of

Cortez

.

 

 

We saw Common Dolphins and Fin Whales.  I loved being on the panga!

I went to the panadaria.  This man is holding a tray of donuts.

 

I am sitting  by what you can  buy and I ate some of  Hailey’s bread.

 

 

 

 

wind

 

we have been experiencing a bit of wind these days. In Kino February is referred to as the month of crazy making (or something like that) I don't know if it is the accumulation of time in the wind throughout the winter or just a specific quality to it in February.   Marchis forcasted to hav a little bit of the same.  Between the flu and the wind, our house is a bit nutty.

out of the flu

Yeah! we are back on the boat! After a week of coughing, fever and mostly sleeping, whining when awake children (and husband) we are back outside and more importantly on the boat!

 

greeted by common dolphins

 

 

 

and Fin whales

It almost made me forget how bad the week had been. But not entirely... back to my semi-prone husband to see if he has yet risen out of the flu.....

 

 

 

Suaqui

Sunday, we found ourselves heading to one of the most hilarious rodeo's I have ever been to: Suaqui.  This very small town of old adobe houses with coyote fences in the middle of the Sonoran desert hosts one of the most popula rodeos. People from all over Hermosillo County and the US travel to this very dusty town to participate or witness this fiesta.

 

no matter what economic bracket people came from they donned their finest boots with matching belts for the day.  Everyone came looking their finest and you could tell this was a huge event for the region.

 

we saw these girls alot, circuling the rodeo, I don't think they ever saw the inside

 

We did

 

The place was totally packed with people crammed into spots down low (like us) sitting on the rails and up high in the bleachers. There didn't really seem to be many regulations..none actually and anybody could enter the ring anytime they wanted to.  This proved to be pretty exciting.

 

 

in between bulls, there was alot of dancing...

   

 

 

and more bulls

 

 

 

if you look closely in the photo below...you will see Colter

 

Cheers from Suaqui, we are off to Prescott for a few days and will return next week.