We had a long paddle and swim this morning and were showering and heading home after the "beach supervisors" were already doing their jobs.

They did a nice job! Checked ice chests (actually about one, checked the second one) for glass items. Welcomed the two families and sent one guy back to his car to leave his boom box as it was not allowed on the beach. Chairs, umbrellas, lunch, all good.

No crowds so far, but it's only Friday morning.

This was at the Artisans Market entrance to Playa la Ropa between Villa Mexicana and The Thompson.

Thanks for the eyewitness account! A boombox should be no problem as long as it isn't blasting and bothering others. Beaches are for relaxing, not CONFORMING to some foreign idea of how to behave. Whatever European came up with the Blue Flag rules had no friggin concept of how to enjoy themselves at the beach, much less how we do it here.

Pity the poor fool that tries to search me when I go to the beach. Treating our visitors like criminals only makes them not want to return, and it's working. Me consta.

Si digo que el burro es pardo es porque tengo los pelos en la mano.

They did a nice job! Checked ice chests (actually about one, checked the second one) for glass items. Welcomed the two families and sent one guy back to his car to leave his boom box as it was not allowed on the beach. Chairs, umbrellas, lunch, all good.

No crowds so far, but it's only Friday morning.

This was at the Artisans Market entrance to Playa la Ropa between Villa Mexicana and The Thompson.