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"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others
cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law
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The humidity was high and the town was almost deserted. I found a cheap room about a
block from the main drag and settled in. After having dinner I went for a walk on the beach and heard alot of laughing. There was a woman there
chatting with the locals and I watched as she joked around with them. I stopped and talk to her and found out that she was there alone too. She was
camping on the beach and had paid one of the men to protect her things when she wanted to go out of town. We hit it off from the start as she was
outgoing and I was more reserved. We spent alot of time along the beach and chatting about everything. When she went back to camp the man she hired to
watch her things had cleaned the sand from her tent and raked all around the area and decorated the place up with shells and driftwood. We went to a
junk shop out on the highway and Deb said she wanted to get her friend a good used bike so he could get around eaiser. So she found one and they held
it for her so she could give it to him on the day she would leave. The next mourning after breakfast we got into a heated chat about the importance of
Mother Mary of God. Well in no time we had a small crowd listening to our debate and I suggested that this was not the place to say that Mary has no
importance in the divine play! Just look around! 
We spent the next few days
taking in the beautiful sunsets and enjoying the warm waters and fantastic views. At night it was a different story as I sit on the bed with a stick
smashing c-ckroaches that come in under the door. Wow they get big down here! 
Thats the last time I will let someone give me a downstairs room next to a shed! It's good to check the clearence of the bottom of the door as to what
might be able to slither under. I decited to leave town and drive out south of town to enjoy the the quiet beaches and soak in the spa like waters. It
was great! found some shade to park the suv under and pulled out my chairs, ate lunch and was reading as a nice soft wind whip through my hair.
Perched on a cliff above the shoreline I seen other than a few fishermen I had this place to myself. I was trying to get to the water but the sand was
so soft and hot that it was burning my feet even though my feet were covered! So I had to wait till sunset to get there, by then it was ok. The fish
were jumping all around me as the fishermen watched with hooks empty we started to laugh and they wanted me to float close to them so the fish would
come. The water was wonderful! I could swim out pretty far on my float and just nap as the gentle waves would bring me back to shore. I knew that I
would never stay in town again! The beaches to the south would be where I would camp from now on. It was now dark and time to go back. In town my
friends were looking all over for me and were ready to go to the police as they were worried because I was alone. We had our last dinner in town
together and made plans to follow each other for safety as her car was not in the best of shape. Deb gave the bike to her friend who looked after her
and the camp site.
