Football field or lake?

We walked to the main road the other day for lunch, and on the way home we saw what used to be a football field, had been turned into a lake from the heavy rain.

Our fishermen friends Fernando, Rafael and Ramon all live over here, it's about two blocks back from our house. The local football leagues play here sometimes, if high tide says they can't play on the beach.

We are meeting new friends in Centro this morning, taking them to the fruit truck and then maybe we will walk this way to lunch and see what it looks like. 

But this morning I need to get my sign for the fishermen pop up restaurant finished. Fernando brought me over some lacquer, he wants put on it, so I have to test an area, and then string it all together after its dried. I also need to put some hangers on the driftwood plaques, and string some wind chimes. The touristas (people from "away") will start arriving this afternoon, and festivities will start tomorrow, going thru Tuesday...so, as always! Stay tuned, the adventure continues!

El Niño?

At my house the fishermen are my weathermen, when they move their boats, I know to watch for high water. This past week the ocean has been taking sand from in front of the house, it's constantly changing...

All these rocks used to be buried under several feet of sand, it's not that big a deal for us, but I'd think it would be dangerous for the boat guys coming in and out, in the dark especially.

We had a really big rain a couple nights in a row, and today the debris from the River has begun to surface on our beach. At the moment it's just dislodged water hyacinth plants and some bamboo, but from last year, I know there will be much much more.

Some photos from Facebook, to show what the ocean has been doing in other parts of Ecuador and SA...

Monsterous waves on the Coast of Chile

Above is Bahia, below is Crucita

Even tho the weather is warm, it is still Winter, and so these are our "winter storms"...won't really know if it's El Niño til it's over probably...but the bright side, when there has been lots of rain, the sunsets are even more spectacular!

Photo courtesy of Casa WF (above)

Note the difference in sand in this picture, none of those rocks in the first picture are showing yet.

Well, that's all for now, hope everyone stays safe from their "winter storms", stay tuned...the adventure continues!