Update from the Las Conchas Peninsula

Although Tessoro’s visitors always see me in Rocky Point, my family is in the United States and this week I became a proud Marine Corp grandma. I left Puerto Peñasco to see my middle grandson PFC Ryan Gardner graduate from MCRD Boot Camp in San Diego. It made me so proud to see him after 13 weeks, now a young man. Walking on his arm was so special. The patriotism and pride is so incredible and the camaraderie of the parents and families is beyond belief. For anyone that knows me, I am an emotional person who cries while singing Silent Night and when Bambie’s mother died, so you can only imagine my reaction to all the patriotic songs. The final one was Lee Greenwood’s “I’m Proud to Be an American.”

Now I am back in Rocky Point focusing on Tessoro’s lovely real estate offerings for sale. The skies today are clear but on the far horizon you can see many shrimp boats heading in as we are about to get the same weather that Phoenix and Southern California are seeing. We get very little rain here in Puerto Peñasco, so when we do it is great. Because of the moon’s cycle we are having some dramatic high tide/ low tide swings. We love when we see such tides and a little wind at these times as the Sea of Cortez is really awesome. It brings a bounty of shells to our beach and as I look out the window, one of owners and her son are out collecting shells – that is why they call this beach “Las Conchas.” Yesterday Lanae Johnson’s son was learning how to skim board in the tidal pools by the mouth of the estuary. He was really having a great time and was being coached by some friendly Mexican teenagers who were doing the same thing. There is just so much for everyone to do here.

By Beverly Arrowood