Thursday, 16 Feb; Santispac Beach

It was a beautiful clear and calm morning on the bay.
The veggie guy came by and we bought some tomatoes and spinach.  It was expensive.
Then Lily came by.   She had fresh prawns and shrimp cocktail.  The shrimp cocktail is really good and the prawns always fresh.  We bought one of each.
After breakfast Lori and John went out on their boards then came back to get us. They had seen lots of skates (like sting rays) swimming and on the bottom.  They also found some of them mating. We all paddled out to go find them.
We tried to go into a creek at the end of our beach, but it was to shallow.  There are some ponds back there that I would like to explore.
We paddled out to the next cove and checked it out.  There are some RVs on the beach and several colorful homes. Next we paddled out to and around the point.  On the back side of one of the islands there were a ton of fish.  It was pretty cool.We decided to head back and were looking forward to having the wind to our backs to help us get back.  Unfortunately, the wind shifted and was in our face. It was really hard paddling in.
At one point Rob and I pulled our boards side-by-side.  Sitting, we hooked our legs together and tried to paddle together.  It wasn't a whole lot easier.
I continued to sit on my board and paddle like on a rowing machine at the gym.  It worked pretty well and I was the first one in.  Rob was only a little behind, but Lori and John were way back.
Rob borrowed a kayak from someone on the beach along with an extra kayak paddle and paddled back out to give the paddle to Lori to help her back in, but she didn't want it.  So he came back.  We were out there for about 2 hours.
We sat in the sun and shade for the rest of the day reading and just enjoying the day.
In the evening we made margaritas and Lori and I got busy peeling shrimp.  It is a yucky job.  They were sticky.  

Prior to bringing out the shrimp I had cut up and the garlic, onions, peppers,  etc. for paella.  We used a little bit of sausage and a little bit of chicken and a whole lot of medium sized prawns.  We didn't have any shell fish.  It turned out really good.  I think we have a pretty good recipe and I think cooking it outside on the burner definitely adds to the whole experience.  

It was quite yummy.  Lori made a delicious salad.
They had a live band at the restaurant behind us.  The music was really good. There were a lot of American songs we recognized, some in English and some in Spanish.
John lit up his fire pit and we all sat in a circle, in reclining beach chairs, all with our feet near the fire, kicked back looking up at the stars.  We saw a bunch of satellites and a few shooting stars.  It was an awesome night.  
The band quit so we all went inside our various rigs to bed.  The funny thing was, about 10 minutes or so after getting into bed the band played one more set.  This time it was Mexican Music and the gal had a really nice voice.