A walk to town and a group barbeque

We walked out of the park and towards town.  You must walk along a 4-lane highway with limited sidewalks. Luckily it is a short walk maybe 10 minutes and you are on the main street of La Penita.  At first glance all you see are people and taxis.  This is a bustling town of 10,000 and, as far as I know, this is it for shopping unless you go the 69 kilometers into Puerto Vallerta.

First we went into the ATM, isn't funny how you always seem to need money! Then we wandered down the main street checking out a few of the stores.  There is a much larger supply of fruit and vegetables here.  You also see a lot more gringos here.  Everywhere else that we have been in Mexico when a gringo spots another gringo you at least exchange a smile and a hello, but in La Penita you just walk by each other.  I suppose it has to do with the number of fly-in tourists that come to this area.

We found the centro and church in town.  Can't say they were very remarkable but here are the pics..

We wandered to the beach in town and all we could see was this

all of the pelicans in town were sitting along the beach, and then I realized I had just walked under this..

Frigates, beautiful in flight but ugly when sitting on wires over your head...

Friday night was the final barbeque of the season. Hamburgers on the palapa.  There were 16 people in total the oldest was the park managers father at 89 and the youngest her granddaughter at 7 months.

We were very happy to be included.  Sorry I didn't bring my camera.