Baja Thankgiving 11.25

     We had a slow morning walking on the beach and enjoying the weather though it was becoming more windy and some high clouds were moving in. Our planned trip today for today was to Balandra Playa just about 3 miles away from our camp.  We took all our chairs, umbrellas, lunch and water, and, of course the dogs. The two cats stayed behind to protect our camp though they have been know to nap during their duties. We were to learn that Balandra is a favorite of La Paz residents and many families were enjoying the outing. It was a Thursday but looked like at Sunday at the beach with all the kids in the water. This little Bahia is famous for it being shallow all the way to the other side. People were walking across, and if you were pretty tall you could be only chest deep at the deepest point. 

There were vendors walking up and down selling hats, fruit, and renting umbrellas to people. It was very warm on the beach and most families were in and out of the water to cool off. The children were amazing to watch as they had water fights and used their float toys. The water did have hazards such as jelly fish, sting ray and biting crabs. One little guy about 7 was stung by a jelly fish and was crying in pain. His mom had been with him and knew it was a jelly fish not a sting ray. Happily within about an hour he was carefully back in the water trying to get over his fear of being stung again. 

This was our crew, we were there for about 2 hours or so when the water ran out and we were ready to go. Several of the group walked completely across the bay and back which was about a mile in the water. This was a very relaxing Thanksgiving for the US gringos. The Canadians have an earlier Thanksgiving Day. 

By the time we left the clouds were beginning to increase and it seemed a change was coming in the weather.