Saturday, 31 March 2012

It was a quiet night and this morning, we took the dingy over to our friends Allan and Ann-Marie who had been anchored at Santispac for a number of days. While catching up on the news and discussing the weather a lady who has a small camper and lives on the beach in the winter arrived. Cathy is 76 and had just swum the 200 yards from the beach to the boat. Cathy lives in Ontario, Canada and for the last three years each November has made the trip with her car and trailer to Santispac cove by herself. Before that, she had traveled to mainland Mexico and as far south as Belize, all on her own. She was quite full of good stories.
During the afternoon a strong breeze of 18-22 Knots began just after 1:00 pm and lasted through 5:30 pm when things calmed down again. This was just in time for us to head to shore and the beach cantina called ‘Lupes.’ The guidebook referred to it as ‘Anna’s’ but now Lupe owns it. We shared a table and Mexican feast with very strong Margaritas with Allan, Ann-Marie and Cathy who was preparing to head back to Canada the next day. She wanted to leave the beach and begin her trek home before the Mexican Easter, when many people descend upon Santispac and camp for the entire week. Indeed as we look out at the beach each morning, there are more and more campers lined along the sandy beach and we are serenaded with Mexican music and glow from the campfires at night.
Lupe’s is the beach Cantina hangout on Saturday nights for the Gringos and is complete with disco, a DJ and oldies music. There were only a few cruisers there, but the food was good, as was the company and the very strong Margaritas.