Mexico Tres

Hello Friends

Right now we are in Mulege and I am having issues typing on this keyboard because the shift key is so small that I hit the wrong key every time I want to capitalize. Also, some of the other buttons are in different places. But this place is really great, a nice small town by the sea of cortez. We went kayaking yesterday and the water was so beautiful and clear. There were lots of fish and starfish and birds. It was beautiful. The owner of the restaurant/bar on the camp property let us use the kayaks for free. A guy named luke went out with us. We met him he night before at the restaurant. The owner gave us a free round and we all sat around listening to music and talking. We rocked out to Avril lavigne, alanis morrisette, and some oldish pop punk music. He was so excited that we wanted to listen to his music. We met some great new people. Love it!

On Tuesday, we went whale watching and it was more amazing than I could have imagined. We were in a smallish motor boat and the lagoon was filled with whales. You could see their spouting water everywhere. At first, they went away when the boat came near, but at the end a mama and baby came right up to the boat and were playing and going from one side of the boat to the other. Jack was able to touch a barnacle on one of them. It was incredible. I cant post any pictures because I am not using Jacks computer but hopefully sometime soon I can get some up on here and facebook. On the way into the lagoon, we passed a salt plant. It was crazy to see these mountains of salt with bulldozers on top. And also to see the salt being poured onto barges and crusing out onto the ocean.

Today or tomorrow we are headed to Loreto and then on the La Paz. We have been gone for 11 days now. It feels like 2!

For Devon: As far as birds go, here are the ones I know: Pelicans, seagulls, osprey. Here are some that I am guessing: boobies (black, and sort of skim across the water when they fly), cormorants(?). Also yesterday we saw a bird with this long tail that split into 2 that moved around while it flew. The guy we were with said he thought it was a scavenger and that it followed the other birds and ate their leftovers. Whaddya think? Oh yeah, we saw a little blue parakeet(?) just hanging out by the side of the road in some town. It was strange.

Love and miss all of you!