Day 4 Under Z Hurricane

Odile is now a hurricane and basically just sits there gaining strength over the warm waters of the vast Pacific. Residents of beaches facing the open ocean have reported huge sometimes scary waves washing up into their properties. I can't imagine it's much fun for the big hotels and condos in Ixtapa. And Playa La Madera is the beach in our bay that also suffers the worst from the big waves since they tend to come straight in at that beach, which doesn't have much slope or any real elevation like most beaches, so the waves wash all the way up to the buildings.

So the surf is definitely up, and the tourists are arriving by the busload though not many by car for the long holiday weekend to celebrate Mexico's independence from Spain. There's been a light drizzle most of the evening and this morning, but the sun keeps threatening to peek through, as it did during the spectacular sunrise this morning of which I only caught the tail end after most of the bright colors had faded. But it was still worth a photo. Hope you like it!