Mazatlan, Mexico

Back to Mazatlán for a week to help my friend Pam in her new condo. Click here for video montage. Pam bought a place last spring and had a lot of remodeling work done. I came down to help her get some projects completed and to enjoy the sun and warmth before our long Minnesota winter.

The condo is north of the huge metropolitan center of Mazatlán and directly on the beach (Pacific Ocean).

We did a lot of shopping 😳 And if you know me, I'm not one for shopping. It was Thanksgiving week so there was grocery shopping - we were to bring sweet potatoes to the meal, and decor shopping for the condo - very long walls in need of art or something. We went to several decor and Mexican art shops.

One highlight for me was the day I saw whales far out in the ocean. While staring out at the ocean, I saw some disturbance in the water. I grabbed the binoculars and was very, very lucky to catch a whale tail, aka fluke! It was very far out but definitely a fluke. It looked like maybe 3 whales all together as they swam even further away.

I loved watching the birds fly by. The condo is on the 15th floor of a 16-story building. Often, the birds would soar right at the balcony level.

Mazatlán is known for sunsets. Honestly, while I was there the sunsets were okay except for Thanksgiving's sunset. It was spectacular - in the video, the sunsets are in chronological order.

Here again is the link to the video.