La Ventana - Day 5 (recap) bike ride, gut some fish, wind on its way.....

Yesterday morning as I head out to go spearfish, Becky got up and did yoga.  She also took these pictures of the sunrise from the yoga deck.  Gorgeous!  I am so glad she thought to take these.

before yoga

after yoga

Waking up refreshed today, we performed our normal routine...I cooked breakfast.  Eggs and chorizo...yum yum! And of course a cold Mexican beer!!!

                           

Then we decided to head off on the Casa Verde bikes.  Having bikes at our disposal was sooo freaking cool! It really did allow us much greater freedom to check out the neighboring countryside. 

The fluorescent green tires on all the community bikes reminded me of the greeen frame bikes that Google provided at BurningMan 07.

                     

Becky and I started riding north toward the next little town called El Sergento.  There is not much there besides a baseball field, a few mini super tiendas, and a local fish market. 

Here is a picture I took, while riding a bike, of Becky behind me on her bike.

Here is a picture of a hotel and restaurant on our way to El Sergento.

We also see some chickens along the way...

Exploring turns out to be a good thing too. You see, I forgot to call my bank and tell them I would be in Mexico. So, when we first got to La Paz and went to the Walmart to get some food and supplies, my ATM/Visa card got shut off when I tried to use it. This means Becky and I were really limited on pesos...and you can not use credit cards to pay for anything in La Ventana or El Sergento.

So, on the way to El Sergento we pass a gas station. We decide to see if they will exchange a $20 usd bill for 240 pesos. The girl at the counter makes the exchange, but we also notice that there is a ATM machine outside, right next to the window. YAY! We can come back and get some pesos later. (I had already called from Casa Verde's Skype phone and got the hold taken off of my card and account).

We stop just short of El Sergento and head back to La Ventana. We can tell the wind shouldn't be more than an hour away. On the way back Becky has us stop at a real estate office to look at the local prices. Pretty much you can find land on the water for about $35-50 thousand, and then once you build on it the land and house is worth $150-300 thousand dollars instantly.

On the way back we stop to take this picture of Palapas Ventana. They have built a purple rock drain for the water run off when there is a rain shower. Definitely pretty looking...the palapas huts look pretty cool too. I would say, if not traveling in a big group of people, the palapas would make a nice intimate stay for a romantic couple.

Palapas Ventana

Here is a picture of Becky and my shadow when riding back.

Then after working up a sweat biking to El Sergento, we get a pretty good rest and cool down period by just coasting down the hill on our way back to La Ventana.

When we arrive back at Casa Verde we join ranks with the other pskiters on the beach front.  Here you can see us lingering around while collectively trying to "will" the wind into action.  This is pretty much a daily occurrence until the fan actually turns on.

John Hausman, a good friend of Becky and mine, shown in purple shirt in the above picture, decides to walk down to check out what some of the local fishermen have caught as they land their boats on the beach just north of us.  He returns with 6 Sierra, a small jack tuna-looking fish that has yellow spots on their sides. 

He got all 6 for 90 pesos, or $7.50 usd.

Here I am cleaning them.  I cleaned and gutted them, while John had the hard duty of filleting the fish with the dullest knife known to man!

After we finished prepping the fish for tonight's dinner, we head back to the beach where the wind has finally turned on.  It's a beautiful day and time for me to get suited up and out there for day #2 of consecutive wind!