We walk the beach very early at least 5 days a week on la Ropa end to end. Since the turtle nesting supposedly started May 15, we have only seen the tracks from 3 haul outs. It's early, but that is a very low number compared to the 7 previous years.

It sure is. The only two tracks I've seen all year weren't right. They only came a short ways out of the water. One nested, and the other didn't. The nest was too close to the water and the eggs rotted. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the lights that shine on the beach disorienting the turtles, a matter I've brought to the attention of Ecología over and over with zero response. We need public officials that take their jobs more seriously.

Yesterday the local tourism honchos were making a big whoop-tee-doo over an organization called "World Travel Awards" supposedly giving some award to Zihuatanejo for being a popular tourist destination. The mayor and his underlings were puffing out their chests and pretending it was some marvelous achievement of theirs. But if you visit the website for that organization, they have Mexico located in Central America, which right there undermines their legitimacy, and apparently all they do is "award" places, everyone gets one, sort of like TripAdvi$or, so that other people give the organization more publicity than they could ever pay for. The epitome of stupidity by local officials pretending this is something meaningful. But that's how propaganda works. Tell the lie enough times and people believe it.

And so much for the torrential rains predicted. It's turning into a beautiful sunny day and the storm is moving away quickly. I love it! Lucky us!

The national weather forecast predicts torrential rains for our part of the coast for Wednesday while a large storm swirls past us gaining strength. The waves generated from the storm in addition to the mar de fondo event predicted to begin affecting us today means there could be some serious coastal erosion, especially on beaches facing the open ocean. Keep an eye on our local weather.

It seems like we've had 1 or 2 shootouts and murders mostly in broad daylight and in public places of Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa every day for quite some time now. Today's shootout was in front of El Tiburón de la Costa restaurant in Barrio Viejo. Not a word from the mayor or the mayor-elect about any of them or anything to do with improving public security. They apparently only keep looking for places to pour more cement. Damn disappointing. This problem needs attending to, not ignoring and pretending we're a "Pueblo Mágico".

I haven't seen any sea turtle tracks on Playa Principal for months. Not a good sign.

Don't miss the documentary "Carey y el Hijo del Rey Neptuno" on Saturday, July 6 at 11:00 A.M. in the Auditorio Zihua at the Ayuntamiento next to Bodega Aurrerá. It's about don Nacho Maciel, Oliverio's son, and his incredible work to save the Carey turtle from extinction at one of its few nesting places along our entire Pacific Coast, Isla Ixtapa.

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Ya por fin tenemos cerros verdes en la bahía de Zihuatanejo, y se ven hermosos. Mientras, unas lluvias ligeras siguen bailando alrededor de nuestra región.