We made it down to San Carlos without any problems. The rain was pretty heavy north of Hermosillio due to tropical storm Odile. The washes were really full and raging but the highway was clear and by the time we cleared Hermosillio the worst of the rain was done. We got to the house and got everything unloaded and unpacked pretty quickly and went into town to have some tacos. Those of you who have been to San Carlos will love this.... JJ's has moved. He owns his own building now and has built a huge palapa and an enclosed dining room with a tiled floor and at least 30 tables! No liquor license yet so no beer with our tacos but they were still great! Marina Cantina has been sold and just reopened as Hammerheads. They do have beer so we had a welcome home beer there. Chino, who used to work for Ocean Sports is managing it. There are another couple of new restaurants in town, too....reviews to follow.

It is so great to be back. It has been over 2 years since we were here and while some things have changed, the town remains the same. We've seen some old friends around town and at the dive shop. Ernesto is still the captain of the Ocean Spirit along with shipmates Oscar, Edgar and his brother. Our good friend Abrahm is running Ocean Sports here.

After I sent out the short blog about being on our way here, we got an email from long time dive friends saying they were in town to dive this weekend. How cool is that! We had dinner and caught up on all the news and had a great time.

Then we spent a great Saturday visiting our Mexican friend Rogelio and his family. It was his wife Mirna's birthday and they invited us over to join the celebration. The family just kept coming...... we left about 9:30 and Rogelio said the party went on until after 1 am. Definitely past our bedtime. We had carne asada, grilled onions & chilies and all the fixings. OMG it was good. Some of you who have followed our older blogs will remember that Rogelio & Mirna came over to the house one year and taught us to prepare tamales. They are great cooks and I am learning a lot.

Yesterday we went over to the boatyard to visit Abigail. It is a good thing we did. After these last storms we had quite a lot of water in the bilges and are pulling her out into the workyard today so we can pump her out and clean up. While she's there we will get some prices on the bottom work and start to do a few things.

Here are some pictures of the view from our apartment and of the party.

Pictures of the house, the bay and friends