Happy at the landing field
Was I really sitting in the rain just 3 days ago? It's hard to believe that it's winter at home when I've spent the last two days running around in shorts & flip flops and though I hate to admit it, I've even spent a few moments trying to find some shade!
Our first day here was a whole vacation in itself. Jim (our friend from home & tour guide for this trip) took us for breakfast at an amazing restaurant. Sitting on a hilltop overlooking a lake, the building was made of stone which kept it cool naturally, and no expense was spared on the decor. Intricate carvings on the wall, art inlaid in the floor, and the bathrooms were one of the most beautiful I'd ever seen.
After snooping the grounds around the restaurant (check out the picture below...there's a hot tub inside of that head!) we took a drive up to look at the launch in San Marcos. The winds were blowing in perfectly, so I told the butterflies in my stomach to take a hike and ran off the mountain to spend an hour exploring the cactus-covered ridge with only Derek & the vultures sharing the air with me. Landing was at a giant field owned by a local hang glider pilot, complete with a shaded bench area where Jim met us with cold beers after we folded up our wings.
Enter the hot tub through the door in the back of the head...really!
The rest of the day was filled with siestas & fiestas. The town we're staying in was celebrating the festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This started with a parade and led to an endless play which I thought was the story of Guadalupe but had an awful lot of seemingly unrelated dancing in it. Competing for attention across the town square were traditional dancers dressed in feathered headgear and also fireworks going off every few seconds. Mayhem! After a few poor-man's margaritas (a shot of tequila poured into a Fresca) we were done but unfortunately sleep was hard to come by with fireworks going until midnight & starting up again at 6 am. Such is life in Mexico!
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