Sunday, October 17

Our first full day in Puerto Vallarta! Yesterday we spent time grocery shopping and getting settled in our condo at Vista del Sol.

 We had our first meal at our long time favorite...Cafe de Olla. Today we slept in late and had breakfast on our balcony overlooking beautiful Bandaras Bay.

We headed north to the beach near the Holiday Inn where PV is hosting an international volleyball tournament, which is a qualifying tournament for the Olympic trials. Big stuff for PV. The street was closed and there were Federales all over. We watched the USA team lose pretty soundly to a younger, scrappier Mexican team.

For dinner we walked south along the beach to Amapas Sunset. We have a favorite mariachi duo called Veracruz that we have been listening to for years. Here are a few pictures of Veracruz from our last three annual trips.

 This year we brought them Bronco caps.  As we were walking down the beach, Rick spotted Manuel with a trio. How is it that things can change? They now are working separately. Manuel and his new group, Trio Veracruz, sang La Paloma for us. He loved his ball cap.

Manuel called Galdino on his cell and had him come down to Amapas Sunset. Galdino also loved his cap.

 It was really fun for us to see that they knew we remembered them and brought them un regalo.