Just like the old days

That fish there got me excited. It was fairly low tide the other day and I was walking and watching. The water  is warm so I'm thinking if I spot Rooster fish chasing bait well maybe I'll catch the first one in about 3 or 4 years. I caught my first Rooster in 2007 from the beach and it was in March so I thought I'd do exactly what I would do back then....walk and watch, when you see them you can catch them. I put a popper on and just 1/4 Mile up the beach from the house I see the bait jumping free of the water and running parallel with the waves, something big chasing. Well I duck hooked that cast and made several more in the area before continuing up the Playa. And low and behold , another 3/4 of a mile and right in front of Dan Stewart's house I see it again. The chasing is out in front of me so I cast hard and long at about a 45 degree angle from where I'm standing and instantly when it hits the water I have a strong slimey on ! My adrenaline gets going , I'm thinking Pez Guyo so I go easy and 10 minutes in I ride this guy up on the perfect wave and as you can see ....Toro...kind of a ' budget Guyo " but what an exciting one. There's a guy nearby that comes to look and get this pic and swipe the dirt off of him as I return him to the sea...It was an old / new experience, just what I needed. Although we're on 'final approach ' for re entry to N.O.B. we have still have 2 weeks don't be surprised if I still catch the Rooster.

There's a gorgeous green area up the road from us where I've routinely seen school graduates and wedding pictures being taken . I always cross the street to give them space and I always get a kick out of the pageantry that is Mexico. Well, across the street I bump into this young woman being posed and as cool as it was I have NO idea what it was about. Maybe the ultimate picnic, maybe she's a Carnaval Queen contestant , maybe she liked pink and wanted this pic, I'll never know.

People ask me if it's dangerous in Mazatlan. Yes it is . And this right here is the most dangerous thing . The sidewalk end right at the property line and if you're not watching...ouch...

Now the second most dangerous thing could easily be the new zip line from the top of the Faro to the observatorio. This is one looooong extremely high zip line . When it gets close to the end it has some belly in it so that the riders who slow down when it gets smoking fast run out of momentum and don't make it all the way to the end. So the poor guy is dangling there and one of the employees pulls himself out on another cable and snaps a strap to the customer and then inverts upside down so he ' walk ' his feet along yet another cable back to the safety of the zip line terminal....jeez Louise....you gotta be outa your gourd to do that. The second pic is the downhill station with the uphill way up the mountain.

We went shopping to the point the other day at just the right time. The Panga guys had sold all the lobster the restaurant needed and were trying to get rid of the rest. Well I got the two biggest lobster's I've ever bought for 25 bucks Americano. They weighed at least a kilo a piece. We ate our fill and still had leftovers for an omelette the next morning....Now I don't usually do food pics but hey, rules are made to be broken right ? 

We gotta run into to town to get some t-shirts that I had special ordered so hows about I end this mini Mile 14 with a sunset and mini song. These guys are the music I prefer here in Mexico.