A Day in the Life of Snowbirders in Mexico....

We can't believe it's already January 17th!  We haven't done a very good job of posting our experiences as we're too busy enjoying them and reflecting upon them (ok and just being lazy snowbirders)!  We've spent most of our first 2 weeks in Lo de Marcos exploring the area and absorbing the lifestyle.

Our days usually start slow and easy around 7am with coffee.  Sam is usually up earlier, still struggling with sleep issues (BTW, today is 13 months smoke free!!!!).  Sometimes if we get moving quickly, we'll take a walk on the beach.  Around 9-10am our bellies start to talk and one of us walks down to the market and buys the fixings for Huevos ala Mexicana (eggs, serrano peppers, and tomatoes, we usually have onion in the house) and oranges and other fruit/veg for fresh juice.

While Sam is preparing breakfast, Bill squeezes the oranges and usually adds some spinach, apple, and other stuff to make a blended juice.

Our goal for our life this winter in Mexico is 'no plans, no schedules, no stress', so during breakfast we talk about what we might want to do.  Some days we check out our neighboring towns of Rincon de Guayabitos, La Penita, San Pancho, Los Ayala, enjoying their beaches, food, and shops.  Other days we hang out at our beach.  Some days we just stay home, doing laundry, straightening the house, playing cards or backgammon, walking around our little town getting to know the neighbors and shops.

Playa de Los Ayala

Playa de Lo de Marcos

The last couple days have been spent with Sam's brother, Dave and sister-in-law, Paula...hands down high points of this trip so far (pics to come, we were too damn busy catching up, but we'll be seeing much more of them yet this trip!!

Today will likely be one of those 'stay at home' days as it is cooler and cloudy, with a touch of raindrops.  No laundry today as it wouldn't dry on the line with the weather; glad we haven't run out of clean underwear!  If the bandwidth holds up we just might get a couple more blog posts done today!

The shrimp guy comes today too, so we'll be making Camarones ala Mojo de Ajo (shrimp in garlic butter) tonight.  Most of the shrimp here comes from San Blas (about 2 hours north).  There are a couple shops in town that will open later today with camarones for sale and there's also the guy that drives around in his truck with coolers full of shrimp & fish, on his loud speaker announcing his goods for sale....that's who we buy from.  It surely sounds like a strange way to buy your shrimp, but it beats the hell out of 'previously frozen' shrimp largely found in the states and it's just how they roll down here so we're embracing it!  Oh, and we get a half kilo (about a pound) of beautiful, fresh shrimp for 110 pesos (around $5.50) and we're paying tourist prices!!

The other goal for today (or maybe tomorrow) is to find the library in town (it's tucked away somewhere).  This little Mexican town holds weekly guided meditations at the library on Wednesday and Sam is looking forward to attending!

Well that's it for now as we're getting hungry, so it's time to go to the market for breakfast goodies!

Hasta luego!

Bill y Sam