the good life in Kino!

Attention Golfers! You could play this lovely course in Kino Bay for only $5 per day, unlimited rounds.
The story is that a few gringos threw in a few bucks 5 years ago and built this lovely course for an incredible $8,000 for 9 holes!












If you don't like golfing, how about clamming for free? Here Mona is hard at work....and Will and our friend Gisippe (sp?) toast the morning with some Tequila provide by G at 9:30 in the a.m. Tough life.












After the clamming comes the work....here Mona and Larry and Melissa (our new friends from Oregon) shuck the clams....we had buckets and they were small clams! And yes, we both ate our first clams.








Vendors come thru the park daily. Here is the Veggie man, great produce and a really nice chap.








Tony is nicknamed "smiles". He sells intricate boxes made by Indians 500 miles south of here. Mona is picking out next year's Christmas presents.








Last but not least, another great Kino sunset after another sunny day at the beach.

Bahia de Kino Mexico

I will update you on the first half of our trip, but right now I am just going to get something up to tell you how we are doing...

This is our second stop in Mexico and we are here until Feb. 14. That will make 15 days total.

This is an interesting place, made up of 2 communities. New Kino, where we are, is basically the "rich" resort area.

This picture is of New Kino, but no, I did not take it.

Old Kino is only 1 KM away and is a genuine Mexican fishing village. I think it depends more on tourism now, as it is filled with restaurants (some that are just the front porch of a home....and often this is where the food is best).

Food and booze and anything that is labour intensive is very cheap.

Lots of folks are here to fish. And they are happy to take those of us who do not have boats. This is part of our catch from last Saturday. They call them "rockfish" and I wonder if anyone knows what they really are?

We kept 20 and threw back as many smaller ones. It was the easiest fishing, and most prolific that I have every had. The fish tasted great....they are a lot like pickerel in how they fight, fillet and taste. The fillets were small but no bones when you don't get greedy.

Here is a pic of Mona and Penny so the family knows I have not done them in.

Look for more updates soon.