She is calling this one Benji’s Tree. Benji is a donkey so he doesn’t actually have a tree but this one is certainly unique and grows out of the rocks on Goat Island near Benji’s Pizza. I’ll bet Benji the donkey has even chewed a few leaves from this tree from time to time.

Like it? You can see more of Marilyn’s Art here.

Mar has called his one “Panga”. Make sense, that’s what a Mexican calls a boat like this. When we were on our Road Trip to El Rosario she spied this boat at the very end of an endless beach road I drove down. As she snapped the photo she said  she would paint it.

She calls this one  Calle Mazatlan (Mazatlan Street). As you know we’v been stomping the streets of Old Town Mazatlan and have certainly fallen in love with the old archetecture and the great colors.

May we ask what’s next?

I started my day yesterday with a trip to the dentist. Marilyn wasn’t feeling well so I set off on my own. I hopped the water taxi from the island to the mainland and then set out on foot for old town and my date with the dentist Susana.

As I left the Embarcedero I passed the the dozen or so fish merchants set up by the tracks. You don’t have to look to know these guys are there. If the smell doesn’t give them away the dozens of pelicans hanging around waiting for a hand out will.

 As  I neared the Navy base I could see the familys and loved ones of the enlisted, all dressed in their finest, waiting to see their kin.  Most Mexicans work a six day week til about noon or so on Saturday but the tempo of the city is definetley down a notch on this the sixth day.

I am now less than a week away from having two new crowns of my own to brag about. Including the root canal, the post and two crowns the total will be 9800 pesos. That’s about $825 or so in dollars.

After my appointment I walked back via a different route to the Embarcadero. I’d planned on buying my not feeling good sweety some flowers but back on the island chose a couple of bottles on wine instead. How can you go wrong with wine?

What do you think of the new background on the blog? Recognize it? It’s one of Marilyn’s paintings. She did it last year about this time over on the Caribrean coast in Tulum. Here’s the painting we saw then.

You can see more of Marilyn’s art here.

Thanks for the read.

It’s been decided. This one is called Mazatlan At Night.

We were out at the Mazatlan Airport on Friday, awaiting the arrival of our daughter Pam when Mar recognized Charlie and Rhonda heading for a plane to Edmonton. They were carrying a carefully wrapped package that just happen to contain one of Marilyn’s paintings, now framed.

I think everybody looks pretty happy with that transaction!

Our daughter arrived from Toronto, right on time and once we had the hugs under control, thanks to 4 wheel drive, we were soon sharing a cool Sol, with lime of course, at our very own tailgate party on the beach.

Continuing down the beach we arrived at Tres Amigos RV Park only to find a group of well lubricated senors and senoritas enjoying  an impromptu party and dance at water’s edge.

I’m beginning to understand why they call this place Stoned Island

We were out for a bike ride one morning when we were staying at San Carlos and she spied this poor old abandonded house. I think she nailed this one too. The painting is called Abandoned Hacienda Miramar.

You can see more of her paintings here

As I look over the Picasa album of her art I see we are missing a couple of her paintings. I’ll get right on that, I promise. Here’s the album Marilyn’s Art as we see it today.

Yesterday afternoon the dogs and I took Marilyn for a long walk on the beach. We followed that with a trip to the Perlas Del Mar De Cortez in nearby Mirmar. She must have been extra good lately.

Meet Alexis and John. 9 years ago we were neighbors. We spent a few months across the street from each other at Cabo Glorietta in Cabo San Lucas in the Baja Sur. Once again, we are neighbors in an RV park. The thing I remember most about John was his tomatoes he was growing in buckets in the sun in front of his RV.

They are on their first visit to Mexico since 2001, we are enjoying our first visit to Mexico’s west coast. They tell us there is a bar here called the Soggy Taco (quite a name for a bar. Hope the beers cold). Just like to world famous The Office on the beach in Cabo. Guess where we gotta go before we leave here.

The hills around here are so colorful!

Same bike ride, looking down the beach into San Carlos. The mountain you see in the background is called Tetakawi (tooth of the dragon or goats tit, depending on who you’re talking to), certainly the signature of this area.

Tatakawi is also the focus of Mar’s current art project. Here’s how it looks this morning.

Yesterday’s weather was, as you can see, sunny and 30C (high 80’s F). You can tell it’s really warm when all the snowbirds are sitting in the shade.

See you tomorrow?

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The easel and brushes are finally and I mean finally out. She’s been talking about painting and looking for the perfect inspiration since we left home. There is no doubt the beauty of San Carlos has provided that inspiration.

Here’s what the picture looked like after the first few hours.

The Next day, a few more hours and a big oops when the wind came up and blew the picture over.

I’m sure it will look different again this afternoon.

The beauty (have I used that word before?) of this place is getting through to us. Yesterday we topped up our original two night stay to take advantage of the weekly rate.

This is the perfect spot for bike riding. There are miles and miles of empty 4 lane highways and lots to see.

We checked out some real estate.

Rode along one of the local marinas

Enjoyed a coffee while we watched the fish jump.

Later in the day we took the dogs for a ride in the truck.

Took in some of the views

You see such random things down here. Like this table and chairs at a lookout. Apparently we were early for Happy Hour.