Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach Resort is my home for the next few days, and it’s quite the place. it reminds me a little of El Cid in Mazatlan, but this place is giant, with golf carts to shuttle you around. the carts run on system similar to BART with a blue, green and red line. we are on the blue line.
i suppose it is the same as many time share resorts, rooms of all shapes and sizes including villas with their own pools. lots of pools, restaurants, bars and of course time share presentations. unlike Mazatlan i will not be partaking in any presentations, just say no. Nancy Reagan would be proud of me.
today consisted of breakfast, going to the main building to check out the shops and get the lay of the land, shuttling to the skydeck pool and lunch. then shuttling back to our building, a walk to the million dollar store (the resort market), napping at the pool by our room, a shower and now off to drinks & dinner, it’s a rough life.
tomorrow i’m off to meet a friend of mine that lives here and hopefully get a glimpse of real life in this area.
i have fallen into old patterns once again….no posts for months at a time. i often think that i should probably just retire this blog since i don’t travel as much anymore and no one reads it anyway, but i just can’t bring myself to do it.
“from French, literally “already seen”, is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced, has already been experienced in the past, whether it has actually happened or not.”
timing,”
some friends of mine are on a road trip this summer, going from Sebastopol across the county and then back. i’ve never been much for road trips, but i think seeing the greater US sites would be fun.
we then saw the little town of Concordia founded by Francisco Ibarra. Francisco was an explorer that founded a number of small towns in the area including Copala, while mining for silver and gold. i took a stroll around town and saw the church, a big rocking chair (lots of furniture is made in this region) in the plaza and the new cultural museum that is housed in the old prison. 
Copala, sadly, is almost completely abandoned…..it was like ghost town. this is the off season so i thought maybe that was the reason, but Jesus said no, that the area used to be really popular but now no one visits. other destinations are receiving promotion from the tourism board and they are getting all the visitors. although Copala doesn’t have a lot going on, it is still a quaint little town and you can see how it could have been a popular place to visit. Jesus said when he was a kid they used to come to Copala for day, stopping at the river to play and then having lunch at one of the restaurants. now there is only one restaurant, all the others, and the hotel have closed.
we made our way back to the hotel driving through old town and downtown. from the top of the hill you could see all of Mazatlan….the stop in downtown was quick, just enough time to go into a couple of shops and see the cathedral.
our final stop was Joe’s Oyster Bar where they have 2 for 1 beers. Pacifico and a quesadilla overlooking the ocean, the perfect way to end the day.
now it’s time to pack up and make my way to the airport. sigh. as always, i’m sad to leave vacation, but i guess i just have to start planning the next trip!
no matter how long i’m on vacation i still tend to wake up early. i don’t always get out of bed right away, but i at least grab a cup of coffee.