La Surfista surfs for me!

La Surfista loves Punta Burros!  Punta Burros loves La Surfista!  On bigger days she is often the oldest surfer out, and the only woman. Stuck on the beach with injuries, I shot her getting a fast one for me.

La Surfista (la abuela rapida)

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La surfista at 7:30 am. Sometimes she likes to start the day with a fast, ledgy lefthander. La surfista will be 62 in a few weeks. She says she feels it, but not when she's doing this.

Nayarit Fish Camp

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watercolor                                                                                                                     11"x17"

El Ranchito a dos hasta tres metros

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On the way to La Ticla and Rio Nexpa, this reef/point reminds me of Cape Lookout in Tillamook County. El Ranchito isn't a secret, but this day I surfed with Antonio and Martin for 2 hoursbefore another soul showed.

Dia de los muertos

gorgeous 3-meter mandala of dyed rice with sacred Huichol imagery

at night with candlelight

regressamos a descansadero surfistas

   we're back in the warm zone again, with fun in the sun on our minds. Swell looks promising for Punta Mita and Chacala. This is Sayulita lefts about to reel through the inside.

El Costeno restaurant, Sayulita -- circa 1995

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Michoacan Bakery

Papa is just outside baking off big thin empanadas in the 2 meter tall clay oven. The slab walls and dirt floor are eclipsed by the craftsmanship and efficient beauty of the family enterprise. We continued north on Mex 200 with steaming hot spicy chicken, and sweet jammy pineapple empanadas, each the size of a 12" pizza folded in half.