Baptism Party

Baptism Party

Sunday is a quiet day here usually, as Roy settles in with his computer and TV tuned to the American football. I washed the floors in the morning and had settled down in front of the computer when Irene came up. She asked if I would like to come to a baby's baptism party with her in the afternoon. It was for the baby that we went to the baby shower for in January . Roy declined due to football pressures and Ciro wanted to go fishing, Nancy decided to stay home as Alan has a cold, so it was just Irene and I that went in the end.

When we arrived at the party, Irene noticed that Ciros fishing rods were in the back seat, so no fishing for him. We had a good laugh over this, he couldn't even phone her as she didn't have a cell with her. We found it funny and teased him about it later after we returned home.

We greeted everyone there, I met some new people and recognised some others from past parties. We sat down and enjoyed the late afternoon with drinks and snacks. There was a live band playing and some of the people were dancing. The baby, of course, was cute as a button in her finery and was busy looking around at all the activity. She spent the time being passed from one set of arms to another and was very amiable to this. A real cutie.

Later on we were served dinner and if I understood Irene correctly the meat was deer/venison that her brother, the baby's grandpa, had done the hunting for. A yummy meal as usual, followed by cake and more refreshments. Each person was given a gift to commemorate the occasion. People then continued visiting and dancing. Irene and I began to get chilly and so left before the party quit. Neither one of us had thought to take a sweater, still not into the cooler temperatures yet. Cooler means that it goes down to my shiver range now in the evening which is about 26 C./78 F., I know this will make you northerners laugh; but it is true.

A really nice afternoon/evening, so nice of her to ask me to go. We really appreciate the way they include us in their family events.

No photos as I didn't take my camera along.

Nauticopa Boat Races

Nauticopa Boat Races

Today was the first day of the Nauticopa Boat Races that are being held here in the Guaymas Bay. The schedule said that the first race was to begin at 1 PM so we headed uptown to the bay to be there in time for that.
We arrived at the Plaza de Pescador and sat around looking out over the water, one of the boats came out and did a few practice rounds. Not long after that the police told everyone that was there that we would have to move over to where they have done the filling, in the bay area. They told us that there were chairs and shade areas and sent us all on our way.
At the new area that they have filled in they had bleachers set up, the usual pop and beer stands and of course some nice large speakers blasting out music. We sat on the bleachers for awhile and then we noticed that people were getting plastic chairs from an area and sitting closer to the fence at the edge of the bay. Roy went over and got us a couple of chairs and we moved as close to the fence as the police would allow. The police were out in force and we noticed what must be the head policeman, sorry don't know what you would call him here. As he approached all his men, they would salute him, so we knew he was a "higher up". A short time later this fellow seemed to be escorting another fellow around, the second fellow was shaking everyones hands and saying hello to all. I didn't realize who he was until the girl next to us asked if she could have her picture taken with him. Then I clued in, it was the mayor of Guaymas, Lic. Antonio Francisco Astiazaran Gutierrez, so now we can say we shook the mayors hand. He is usually wearing a suit and today he was dressed quite casually, so I never thought of it being him at first. There was also a fellow who we assumed was with the state government as he was wearing the usual red shirt with the Sonora logo on that they seem to favor at events.
A few of the boats came out and did practice runs; but they didn't seem interested in starting the races.
A practice run.



Finally around 3 PM, the police all moved away from the fence and there was a big rush by everyone trying to get front row seats. Pretty funny. We moved, along with everyone else and managed to snag 2 spots right in front of the fence. Lucky us.
The fence which we got to sit right in front of, best seats in the place. I took the picture before it got really busy.

The races started and were quite interesting. We had never seen boat races like this before and we enjoyed watching. I have no idea how fast they were traveling; but they were moving fast! There were no crashes while we watched; although we did leave before they were over. An interesting afternoon. More photos here: More Photos

A video of one of the races.