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 Humidity.....yup, we've been here for 10 days and it's been flat out hot and uncomfortable. I know I'm not going to get much sympathy from those of you N.O.B. but it's true, just now me and MPeasy are getting acclimated and getting away from the air conditioner every so often. Our first sunset in Mazatlan 2023.

Yesterday I went to the weigh in for the Debate sponsored Big fish tournament which is an annual Bisbee type of event here in Maz....and of course I learned a lot. It occurred to me that even the fundamentals of fishing  are way different here. On the world famous you need rain gear , a wild animal or two , maybe a seal sighting , the gentle sound of the water swooshing under the boat, you know , all those little things  that make the magic of sport fishing....But here at Mile 14 south the fishing event features great music, big fish, beer , and of course gorgeous women and gorgeous boats.

Here's better couple shots of one of the card holders. I guess you could say they're kinda like the ring girls at a boxing match .

I'm a black guitar guy myself and these guys had several of them. Nice hard rock that I could hear from the other side of the Marina as I rode over on my bike. I could've stayed and maybe even sat in for a song or two but it was 4 in the afternoon and 88 degrees with 85% humidity and I was dripping....So I bought a hat, had a Tecate visited with a condo promoter for a T-shirt and rode on home . This center console had 4 Mercs and was a thirty footer...nice. 

My friend Randy has a son named Jesse that does metal art and he would have been duly impressed with the welded sculpture that was one of the trophy's .

Of course I was waiting until I caught a fish before doing a blog entry and it was taking a while. It turns out that my neck pain gives me about a good hour every morning before I start feeling it....I'm so thankful that I can do it. My friend Dan is suffering like me with a lower back issue and also like me he is in physical therapy. He summed it up pretty well when he said we both are suffering from ' quality 'problems which really is spot on. A little pain and discomfort and to be able to continue doing the things you love are actually no problem . 

It was about 4 days ago I caught my first noble fish...and there wasn't a person in sight to help me with a photo. Of course I let this guy go and considered myself on the board for yet another season ....did I ever tell you that I'm a very, very lucky guy ? 

There's my kennel mates for the next 4 or 5 months. Kurt got here yesterday , Willie has been here a week and Alejandro and I are celebrating our 20th year together , he brought flowers for MP this morning ....and oh, that would be a fish Willie is holding. It's a funny thing, everyone wants to catch up, kinda check in  on one another but it's done in coolest subtle way...just fishing and you can tell by the laugh, the smile. Kurt simply said ' it's a good day to be alive '.

So, I'm in my natural element....outdoors, with fish , with MP , with friends....here's pic I took on our flight of old friends Ron and Pam Peabody , like Forrest Gump I run into people I know just about everywhere...but then again, I'm also looking for them.

and on the music scene....My favorite playing is when the place is quiet like it is now before the Holidays. Martin and I sit at the bar and trade songs. He like the few classics I know like the Eagles Lieing Eyes and I like the romatica he does as well as a thing called whapapongo (sp) that he does where he uses the sound box like a percussion instrument and kinda strums and bangs at the same time .  He was singing romantica one night and a gringo lady leaned over to me and said that it was to bad that it was in Spanish as she couldn't understand the lyrics.... I replied that of course she must know what he is singing, he says, I love you, you're everything to me , I'm so lucky to love you....that's what he's saying . 

This pic might not move the world but I tried to capture the moisture that just hangs over Mazatlan.The other morning it was a thick sticky fog that kinda turned into a cloud and so slowly moved to the north. To give you an idea....me and MP routinely walk 3 miles. This morning we started out and made it about 1/4 mile to the OXOO for fresh orange juice and then picked up mu Menudo and limped home to the air conditioner......see ya'll next week or so.