January 2023

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We arrive in Mexico and begin the week by exploring Puerto Aventuras.  From the beach to the local market where fresh vegetables and seafood can be purchased to the experience of the grocery story across the highway.  An afternoon at the pool at the beach club was in order, but The water is what we love to share with everyone.  The rock jetty is a great place to see the entire coastline of PA and watch the boats go in and out of the inlet.  This area is also the perfect spot to enter the water and see what is below.  Mike and Karen had never snorkeled so this was a new experience for them both.
We like to take Shelby on an evening canal cruise and enjoyed sharing more of the community from the water.  And we each tried to learn how to work our GoPros.  The evenings just sitting and talking can bring about some interesting conversations like what is that on the wall and is it moving.  I needed to know so I went in to film and discover the sea peanut worm but some might argue it was a sea cucumber slowly moving along the rock wall behind Journey.  We had a few good laughs over this.  What do you think it is?
The fun continued enjoying boat life and the great weather provided the opportunity to move Journey over to The Hole and anchor for the night.  The beautiful blue water, good friends, and a perfect evening as the sun went down.  The best part about watching the sun go down is knowing while at anchor you can watch is rise.  This was a beautiful sunrise over the Caribbean waters of Mexico and I will let the pictures speak for themselves.
Once the morning had broken we are off to enjoy the blue waters of the Caribbean Sea and try to catch some fish.  Sadly, Karen was only able to snag a bonito to reel in but at least we got something on the hook.
Sadly the time comes too quickly to a close and we had our last tour around Pa and a nice dinner at Don Cafeto which became one of their favorite places.  Thanks for sharing an experience with us Mike and Karen.