Santa Catalina View from sol y mar

Santa c. Having a ‘cool one’ on the way back from the beach

Best Rottweiler I’ve ever met at Luis’ four year old daughter’s birthday party which Jim crashed

Jim………..and in the distance walking the beach, Marilyn

Santa catalina Jim relaxing on the beach!

The best beach days ever were at Santa Catalina, a place we returned to with Marilyn as we really enjoyed it with Dawn and Yves and knew she would like it as well.   We decided to stay with Luis at Sol y Mar again and take full advantage of the beach ………… once again we were not disappointed.  Actually the beach was much more inviting than it had been before and we were able to find a little shade each day so as not to turn into lobsters.   The picture above shows the beach from our hilltop accommodation, a forty minute walk away.  We would walk there early in the morning,  swim and body surf, dry off, do it over again and after about two hours we would start our ascent stopping a couple of times on the way for a ‘cool one’ as Jim would say.   Then a bite to eat,  a swim in the pool, rest in the hammock to read/blog/whatever and then shower before cocktails which consisted of Panamanian rum, coconut water and pineapple juice………with ice if we’re lucky!  We’ve got a contest going to come up with the best name……..so far I think the best one is ‘rummingbird’……..and I am not going to win as I didn’t come up with it!