When we travel through Mexico we often check out the local church. They are usually amazing pieces of architecture. By those standards this one is extemely small, very basic. But that’s not why we are here. Tonite we are in the little Catholic church on the Isla to celebrate Christmas eve.

Christmas is a huge deal here, so the church fills very quickly. We move outside to the courtyard so the regulars can take their seats. Mar and I are sitting in chairs, watching the show when the kids notice my camera. Kids being kids, they gotta clown around a bit.

Yes, that’s Bob in the middle. I guess we are all just kids when we get the chance.

The service is over and we are driving slowly through the streets on our way home;  lots of people come out of their homes, shake our hands and wish us Feliz Navidad. We should have been walking. Can you imagine the parties we would have been invited to then?

It’s a busy Christmas day here on the Isla:

Some of the local vultures are enjoying a couple of  dead fish that floated in on the high tide last night.

Meanwhile some pelicans are still fishing for their morning feed,

Further up the beach a few of the residents of Tres Amigo start their Christmas day with a friendly game of volleyball.

Talk about a crowd; 66 of us are sitting down at 6 tonight for a special Christmas dinner with turkey cooked the north american way down at a local beach restaurant.Most mexican chefs can not cook pava (that’s spanish for turkey) they way we like it so they have hired a retired, trained in noth american chef to come and do the job.

From both Marilyn and I; Merry Christmas to you and yours..

May we all share good health.