San Carlos: Beachin' and Site-seeing

In a coastal town like San Carlos, there are a lot of beaches. For a little fee, you can visit primo spots. One of them is known as Los Algodones beach. It was a chilly day so we only put our feet into the water. But, we had a relaxing time as the gentle waves rolled in. The seagulls realized we had a lunch with us and we not going to leave us alone haha. Pretty soon there were a couple of dozen beaked beggars hoovering around us! Part of the beach behind us was a sand dune hill, so of course we raced each other down it repeatedly.

Mermaid moment  :)

*Insert "Seagulls, Stop it Now" song:
This is funny if you actually know the song lol.

On the drive back to our condo we detoured to an overlook called "Vista Point." There were some great views from up there. As I stood there I couldn't help but think how cool it would be to climb up one of those peaks to get some more elevation. Maybe research a hike while we are here?

There were some days we didn't go out. We just played and relaxed around the beach in front of the condo. One fortunate day, a really nice guy offered to loan us his paddle-board. Of course we exclaimed, "Yes!" Off Ava and I went to explore three nearby shallow(ish) coves, playing safe in the big, wide ocean.....

 The water and air was so warm in the coves. Ava paddled and I peered. Vise-versa. We covered much more area that way. Ava counted over 10 sting rays. We saw lots of different kinds of fish, shells, and star fish. Getting out of our desert rat comfort zone into the larger fish bowl ;)

We made it a point to see the sunset from the beach every night. Lovely December evenings.