Goodbye PM!

Seventy Four Year Old JJ Singing Pavarotti

My Life Mate and Travelling Partner - Sweet Lorraine

Watching the Pelicans Fish!!

Receiving my "Honourary Rapper" Award

Our Beautiful Beach - the Surf Breaking on the Reef in the Distance

I beg forgiveness from the people of Puerto Morales for bring the wrath of Zeus, Lord of the sky, Rain-God, Cloud Gatherer, and Zeus of the Thunderbolt by joking about how it never rains in Mexico.  Ever since that post, it has rained every day.
One of the biggest musical events in the area is the annual Festiva Musica, where I was honoured to be asked to play not once, but twice.  Guitar with David Rodriguez on Thursday night, and bass with a local blues band fronted by John Cooker, who were headlining Friday night.  It absolutely poured rain all day Thursday, and the organizers cancelled the whole thing, after setting up all the tents and sound stages.
Nonetheless, we still love PM.  We take long walks on the beach during sunny breaks, or we ignore the rain and go anyway.  Tonight I will play at a restaurant with David.
As we get ready to leave PM, I reflect back on the things that made this such a memorable stay.
The beach – protected by the beautiful reef that creates a shining crystal-white surf a hundred metres off shore. We walked for hours every day.
The weather – warm and breezy, with lots of sun – even on the rainy days there were sunny periods.(Shhh Zeus will hear!)
The people - equally warm and welcoming.
The pelicans - watching them swoop and glide on the wind, suddenly tucking their wings and diving into the water like a dart, coming up with a fish lunch.
Our Villas Clarita - clean, great pool, quiet, well equipped - what's not to like??
The music scene - of which I am now an honourary member.
The food – Sweet Lorraine and I ate fish today that had just been taken off the boat (we saw the fishermen) with salad, chips, salsa and cold Mexican beer for $20 Cdn. Can't afford NOT to eat out!
Our pets – Popcorn and George.  I hope the next guests in our room feed them as well as we did.
What we miss when we are here is our family: Melissa, Geoff, Mia, Kingston, Cadence, Jocelyn; our good friends, our new house, the band and the sub-zero temperatures (just kidding).
We have already made plans to return next year...