La "Piura" Vida: Punta Sal

We took a little detour on our way to Stake Conference in Tumbes last week. We found a little paradise on the coast and enjoyed a few quiet moments with Katelyn. It really was beautiful. We arrived late in the evening when it was already dark and so this is the view that greeted us in the morning from our front door.

It really felt like we had the beach to ourselves. What a view!

Chad is always on the lookout for whales, apparently he was two months too late. I guess we will have to come back next September.

Katelyn, checking out the ocean and discovered all kinds of little critters crawling around, it kind of creeped her out.

All over the beach there were little aranas del mar or sea crabs. They were crawling everywhere, it was a good thing they were scared of us. Whenever you would get close they would spin into their little holes. Chad had great fun chasing them around.

We were so amazed we could get so close to this one until we discovered he was dead. He looks a little alien. (and creepy)

Here is a little fishing raft. You just hop on, with a box, use the big piece of wood for a paddle and off you go to fish. We need to learn more about this another time. It looked like hard work to me.

Here are the neighbors, it is quite a contrast.

A view from the beach of our room.

Peace and quiet

We gave miniature golf a try. We are pretty sure no one has played in months (or longer) They had a hard time rounding up balls and clubs. The holes were plugged with leaves. You needed a different strategy to play on cement with bent clubs. It was quite entertaining and we had a good time.