Surf's up in Sayulita!!

Sayulita may be the coolest place we have visited thus far.  However, if you're not into warm weather, warm water, fishing, surfing, playing in the ocean, beautiful architecture, creative or traditional art in the form of glass, ceramics, paints, clay, semi-precious or precious stones, socializing or relaxing, you probably shouldn't waste your time!  This is an art mecca of sorts; kind of like the best of Portland, OR  shoved into a small surfing town.  I was reading a flyer on a post as we were sitting enjoying an ice cream cone (probably the only thing in town not artfully created-- it was a Baskin-Robbins kind of ice cream), about a woman coming soon to Sayulita for a yoga seminar; she was from Portland, OR.  A little while later, we visited with a woman who runs a large shop giving surf lessons.........from the Portland area.  When we drove into our RV camp, an SUV near the office had Oregon plates.  It could be that the only gringos left in Mexico are from the Pacific Northwest and Canada, waiting for the good weather to kick in at home!

In fact, we've decided to stop here and start a small business of our own:

Just kidding!  Patricia is the woman I was talking about from the Portland area.  She visits Oregon in July and August.  She said it hasn't rained in Sayulita since September!

Last fall was a rough one for Sayulita-- they had some flooding and they lost the one bridge that goes into the main part of town.  The river has since dried up (pretty much), and they've created a land bridge to cross until the new bridge is completed.  It looks like several businesses along the river are repairing supports lost to erosion as well.  Many inhabitants use 3-wheelers and mopeds to get around anyhow, and the new bridge can be crossed by pedestrians at this point.

Things were quite interesting when we decided to leave a few days later; due to a missed turn, we drove across the dirt/gravel land bridge and found ourselves unable to turn around in the busy downtown area.  Luckily there was another way out of town that put us back on the main road toward Melaque and Boca Beach campground, and a hellacious day of driving...........

(Jonny smiling as he fishes at sunset)