Baja 5/5/2012, last full moon this season

We are on our countdown days now in Los Barriels.  I worked on another mural - this one is in the second bedroom of Onda Rocks.  The owner had drawn the design and painted in the background.  She suggested I could work on it if I chose and of course, I couldn't pass that up!  I did not have the necessary black paint to put on the finishing touches to the bridle, ropes etc., was able to pretty much finish the rest of it.  This mural is probably 6 ft tall and 6 ft wide.  Very fun project.  It is May, the wind has pretty much gone away for the season and so have the kite boarders and most of the winter  tourists.  The "free beach" (free for camping) was quite full all winter with some pretty elaborate rigs and palm 'homes.  I've put up some photos of the empty beach now.  What a difference... now mostly cows are walking the arroyo roads and beaches.  The fishermen are coming in now and there are many more boats moored in the bay.  Mike and Elaine, our room mates this winter, left last Friday for points north.  We are winding up our last week here, leaving on Tues for the border.  We went out on the beach this evening to watch the full moon come up.  While we were watching the rays jump out in the bay, we caught sight of two whales moving south, showing off w/ tails and flukes every once in awhile.  Really amazing and that full moon just made it perfect.  It is getting very warm here now and we are missing the breezes.  Time to head north and another world.  Hope you are enjoying your world, where ever that may be... happy trails...