Lupita is SO gorgeous!

Asi es! Here is my vote for more fotos from Zihua with Lupita adorning them!

We were on the beach at 5:30 am for our morning, walk, swim and ball time. We watched the boat change from bright lights on the horizon to a cruise ship, and they set anchor no later than 6am. They anchored, we continued our normal play routine, including the walk home, hosing off our puppies, and were in the house before 7am. Their first tender left the boat well before we were done on the beach.

We paddled about 7:15, and by then there was a steady stream of tenders going to the pier.

We sure wished Daniel's had been open for breakfast, we are really missing it and were hoping they would be open.

We normally hear them leave, but haven't heard it yet, but on the Sotovento webcam, it looks like the boat left.

Sure hope they left lots of money, too!

I was looking at the webcam for La Ropa while it was raining Monday, and there were people in the ocean while the lightning was happening!

The Oceania Insignia showed up at 7:00 AM, 3 hours earlier than expected, and they left at 5:00 PM, 2 hours earlier than previously planned. We had a few of their passengers make purchases in our boutique, and shopkeeper friends also mentioned they had some sales. Also saw some of the passengers in local restaurants, so apart from the busloads that went on tours, they spread some of their money around in Zihuatanejo. It's really all we hope for. The next cruise ship is scheduled to visit on November 8.

Monday's rain brought our temperatures down significantly, over 5°C in just the first few minutes. Tuesday never got as hot as it had been in previous days, probably thanks to the cloudy morning. It looks like we have another day or so until the next onda tropical passes by, hopefully bringing some gentle rains.

Immediately after Monday's deluge there were people swimming at Playa Principal. I wish the municipal government would take their duties more seriously and put warning notices not to swim after rains. Apparently all the garbage in the water and on the beach doesn't alarm many of our inland visitors. But it's what they can't see that can harm them.

I know I say this a lot, but every single day I feel like the luckiest Gringo in Mexico. Not just for having lived here most of my life, but also for having the love of an incredible and fascinating woman with whom I fall more in love each day.

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Mi Lupita embellece la playa Principal mientras el velero Picante y el crucero Oceania Insignia fondean en la bahía.