• 30Mar

  Moto Parade in Mazatlán

  maz odds + ends, our new home 4 Comments
  After the craziness of Semana Santa, Mazatlán moved right into more craziness with Moto Week. We read that 17,000 motorcyles were coming to Mazatlán for the event, and we believe it! Also, anyone and everyone who owns a motorcycle has had them revving all over the city!

  Yesterday was the parade, and we headed down to watch it. It was incredible. Lots of Harleys, plus every other kind of bike you could imagine. Riders dressed up. They drove with their babies. They drove with their dogs. They honked and honked. Some did wheelies. All the motorcycle cops joined in.

  Here are a few pictures and a short video:

  Airplane motorcycle!

  Baby in front, child on the back!

  The Noroeste (our local paper) flag carried by a pretty woman!

  Viking bike!

  Tricycle.
  This baby is asleep in between his parents!

  
• 24Mar

  A Tree Grows in Mazatlán

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  I am reading (it is amazing to me that I hadn’t read it before) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. It is a wonderful book, set in Brooklyn in the early 1900’s. I am loving it.

  The tree referred to in the title is one they called the Tree of Heaven. It grew in the worst possible soil and was the only tree that would even grow out of cement.

  I think México has a number of different Trees of Heaven. Here are a few:

  

  

  

  
  They aren’t all trees, but it is amazing to me how persistent vegetation can be!

  
• 22Mar

  Semana Santa at the Beach

  maz odds + ends, our new life 5 Comments

  Semana Santa at the beach is a pretty amazing adventure. People watching is the order of the day. We arrived at our favorite palapa restaurant around 11 and the beach was more busy than usual. But by 2 pm, it was packed.

  

  The beach vendors were out in force…here are mangos on a stick.

  

  …and ice cream…

  

  …and pastries…

  

  The lifeguards were keeping an eye on everything…

  

  …while Paul and Jessica shared a meal of grilled fish…

  

  Some people nearby requested something like 9 songs from some musicians…here is a video of them that also shows how busy the beach was. We only saw one other gringo on the beach the whole time we were there…and really had fun watching happy Mexican families enjoy their vacation in the sun.

  

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