Marathon in Mazatlan

I went for a 3 or so mile walk today - down the road next to a marathon and back along the beach. I walked clear down around the furthest point in this photo.

People stepping up to the street to cheer the runners on!

I didn't make it out to the street until most of the runners had passed by - but I did get to see quite a few~*

Agua passage
Water was being handed to runners in cups and sealed square plastic bags. The runners that got the bags would bite open the corners and either drink the water or pour it over them - drop the cups and bags and keep on trucking. As you can see the street was littered with cups and bags for about 1/4 mile.

passing agua to runners

Just a photo I couldn' t resist taking
:)

Birds of San Blas area

hawk
(I have yet to identify... hawks as it seems are tough for me to identify in the book I bought)
This is an Osprey - thanks Mike for your help identifying :)

Great Egret

Baby Crocodile
we saw a BIG one, but I didn't get a great pic of it as it was behind some trees - muy scary! :)

Green Heron

Anhinga
Drying its wings after swimming

Wood Stork

hawk

Boat Billed Heron - immature
*~coolest little birds~*

hawk

Nighthawk
there are many varieties of Nighthawks - I am still stumped which this one is, as they are all quite similar looking :)

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Bare Throated Tiger Heron

hawk

heron

hummingbird

dove - immature

Roseate Spoonbill

Turkey's
*~ The ones in the cage :) ~*

Rooster, Hens and Parakeets
(birds everywhere - even in cages)
:)

San Blas, Boats, Mangrove, Swimming, Crocodiles and Birds - lots and lots of birds!

*~This is not the exact river boat we used - but it was just like it~*
We took a 2 hour ride up La Tovara, thru the mangrove and ended at a natural spring where we got to jump in. Once we returned we realized we had been gone for 4 hours!

Our Mangrove guide and boat driver extraordinaire - Miguel
AKA: Aquaman (I talked him into swimming with us)
He was actually VERY informative and helpful with finding and identifying birds on the trip!

I still can't believe I swung out and jumped into the springs - and 4 times too!
No crocodiles here! They had this area roped/netted off, thank GOD! But we did share it with a zillion carp-si-doodle fishes...

My dad and sister headed for a dip in the fresh water springs!

Some movies have been made in this mangrove... do you recognize these huts?

Exploring the church (Temple to our Lady of the Rosary) and fort (built to defend the port of San Blas from Spaniards) on the hill above San Blas.
*~Me and my dad~*

moments - - - nothing more... nothing less~*

Getting carried away~*

Headed to the top of the hill in our helmets and harnesses to get our zip line orientation and start the thrill rides!

This was a steep drop, but not the fastest... that was yet to come~*

*~ Geared up and ready to hit the lines ~*

Our reward after zip lines - yum!

*~ a lotta lotta lots and lots and mucho sunshine ~*
sun kissed me

Gop - knocking off zip line #1
You should have heard his woo-hooo, or was that a Tarzan yell...

Hollyn - proving she can do anything

cachorro (puppy)

*~We finished our day with a rappel down from the tree we landed in from our last run~*

This is actually after doing a run - am on my tiptoes as he unhooks me.

Yup - that's me WAY back there

Here I come...

One of the longer zip lines - blue agave plants below the run!