Red Grape Leaf

Facebook

I've been much more active on Facebook lately. There are so many people to interact with one could spend all their time on it.

PEACE

If this isn't the perfect picture of peace, I don't know what is. I wish I had sat down and experienced the text, "Be still and know that I am God."

Women's Retreat

I just returned from a weekend women's retreat in Soquel, CA. 3 of us roomed together in a cabin and laughed ourselves silly last night. It was more fun. I might also mentioned I learned some things too! I didn't take my camera and didn't miss it either.

A SABBATH THOUGHT

"Man will rise no higher than his conceptions of truth, purity, and holiness." PP p. 91

Mexico

On the inland side of Manzanillo the hills go straight up from town.

I thought this was a pleasant beach scene in Zihuanatejo. We took tenders from the ship to shore because there was no pier to dock at.

We went on the kitchen tour in the ship.

This is a typical scene of fishermen cleaning a sailfish in Manzanillo.

The colorful plaza in Zihuanatejo.

Mexico

This hugh sculpture is in Manzanillo Harbor representing the fact that it is the sailfish capital of the world.


This is a zoomed in photo of El Cabo San Lucas at the end of the Baja pennisula taken as we passed by.

These people are cleaning clams. They have quite an array of shells too.

This cutie and another behind him were sitting in the fruit at the mercado. I'm sure they have a real feast there!

Vineyards

Today we went into Napa so I took my camera because I knew I wanted pictures of the vineyards now. The black mustard plants are in full bloom. I'm not sure but I think it's grown for its nutrients and rototilled into the soil as fertilizer.

Manzanillo, Mexico

Karen, someone we met on the ship, and I wandered around this town where most tourists didn't go. We found some very interesting places. The smells would knock you over. Fish were the worst.

These are bags of all kinds of beans. Behind her are bins of many herbs used in cooking and for healing.

This is part of a huge market where the locals shop. The colors were beautiful.
You've probably seen the rubber, fake chickens that look like this but these are real.