We have arrived in our most northern port for this season and have fallen in love with Santa Rosalia with her charming homes, beautiful church and gracious inhabitants. On arriving in port our harbor master insisted that we eat breakfast at the beautiful but very old Hotel Francis so on our last day in town we started our culinary experience with delicious ham and cheese omlettes. Our sailing partners on this adventure are Katie and Chip Prather off Miss Teak.
After finishing a truly wonderful meal the boys decided they had to stop at the local candy store. It was a sight to behold with marshmallows the size of oranges and everything you could possible need in the way of party candy.
Katie and I were more interested in the tortilla factory. We have seen the ladies on street corners making them by had but had never seen an assembly line. Very cool, but what we really need was fresh veggies so we went off on a hunt for the freshest we could find.
After a much needed rest from all our morning exploring we headed back into town for what we had heard were the best street vendor hotdogs on the Baja Penninsula. They start with a hotdog, wrap it in bacon, deep fry it in oil, throw a bit of aracerra meat on, add onions and great salsa and then offer you mayo or mustard to top it off. The very best though is the bun, never have I tasted a bun so light and slightly sweet. No one, including myself, can eat just one!
We had also heard about the corn vendor so we headed off in search of him, veggies are always good for us right? Wrong, the vendor put a scoop of corn in a cup, a healthy squirt of mayo and a spoonful of cheese in and then repeated the entire process. He offered us a sprinkle of chili leper as a topping along with a squirt of lime. Don't turn up your nose on this until you try it, it was to die for!
Right across the street from the corn vendor we spotted Thrifty Ice Cream! What a way to end a day of culinary firsts. Oh no saved from major indigestion, they are closed.
Bright and early tomorrow we will begin our long trek home to Puerto Vallarta where we plan to leave Di's Dream for the summer. Plane tickets home were purchased today so we must start to draw to a close our first year of cruising. Plans are underway to return early November after a very busy summer including our first trip to Canada. Don't worry, we will be out hear another six weeks so the blogs will continue.
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