Ducks in Flight - January 1, 2014

The dogs of La Bocana

Ivan

Shadow (aka Mama)

Shusa 

Maggie soaking up some sun while keeping an eye out for cows.

Newest member of the LB Pack:  Duke!

Dogs at rest.  L to R:  Ivan, Shusa, Roco

Shusa and Maggie keeping an eye on things

More dogs than you can shake a stick at!

L to R: Ivan, Shadow (Mama), Shusa, Roco Mikey

The view from above

It was such a beautiful day, we could not resist hiking up into the hills behind our houses. It was not an easy hike but we were rewarded with beautiful views in all directions! 

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Beautiful houses and the sleeping lady.

Looking east -that's our dirt road through the valley.
The green is artichoke fields.

View to the cement plant and beyond.

The Kennedy House 

Editor's Note: A Kennedy took these photos.

The north side.  Note the very low tide at rock beach.

Happy New Year!

In addition to amazingly sunny days and incredibly starry nights, we enjoyed great company!  

Here are the traditional group photos: 

The potluck crew

Fireworks crew

Excellent bird watching in La Bocana

Really good website for Baja bird photos ... www.bajabirds.com

They said it would never work ...

But they were wrong!

Sleeping Lady in a Bed of Fog

Blast from the past - great photos!

Thank you, Jack and Marlene Birdsall, for sharing these photos!

Most are from 1969 with a few from 1992. Enjoy!

1. The van and tent enclave is us on the wide meadow.

2. Jack and Marlene camping near the river. Note the reeds..

3. Marlene and friend preparing potatoes for baking on the grassy meadow.

4. This is the outhouse that sat above the ocean where the upper camp spot is today. The concrete pillars are still there! You’ll see them if you walk on the lava rocks.

5. Our son in an abandoned boat.

6. Our son and daughter and friend.

7. La Bocana in 1969!

8. Where the river and ocean meet.

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9. Where the river and ocean meet.

10. Kids in the river – La Bocana 1969!

11. The “Lydon” house in 1969.

12. The old Bocana store. Sergio is the 2^nd kid from left. Jack is enjoying a cerveza.

13. Picnic at the tide pools south of the beach.

14. Picnic near the tide pools to the south of the beach. Jack in center, Marlene on far right.

15. Jack, Senor Gomez, Sergio in 1992.

16. Sergio presents the key to our casa to Jack in 1992.

17. Senor Romulo Gomez signing our copy of God and Mr. Gomez--1992

18. Tres hermanos: Pepe, Sergio, Romulo in 1992

As seen on the dirt road

This is what happens when you have time on your hands and access to a video camera...

Last summer, a few of us had an afternoon without any pressing La Bocana type of projects (such as rewiring the house, fixing a broken water pipe, patching a hole in the side of the house, or chasing a cow out of the yard) so we spent the afternoon making a commercial. Believe it or not, it took many hours to create this short video.

Beautiful - any way you look at it

360 degree video taken near the Lydon house.

Sunrise, January 1, 2011

Not only did I wake up to this beautiful sunrise (note the crescent moon), I also saw whales (the first of the season for me). This is the third year that I saw whales for the first time on January 1. What a beautiful day to start off a new year.

We rang it in right this year!

,OK, we rang in the new year at 9pm, with a mini shot glass of champagne. However, that was after a huge potluck dinner, a spectacular firework show, and homemade desserts all with a great group of folks.

Happy New Year La Bocana! Hope to see you all in 2011!

Thanks to Cy for the photos.

The Eve of New Years Eve

Menu of the evening

Emily and Susan

Dallas and Jerry shucking oysters - brought up that day from San Quintin!

Carrie in the kitchen

There could not have been a better way to celebrate the eve of New Year's Eve than at the home of Carrie and Dan. We had a tremendous time eating gourmet food and enjoying each other's company.

Thank you Carrie and Dan!!

PS. That giant tree became part of the firework show the next day