After a lazy morning we decided to ride our bikes over to the Malecon and do some "shopping". John's idea of shopping is to walk past all the shops, ignoring the sales people and looking at restaurant menus. Actually that worked pretty well as it all looked like stuff tourists buy to remember their trip and non of it would fit in our small RV.
Lunch at the RV and naps before we headed out on the bikes again and made the grand tour of Pto. Penasco. We found the downtown area, then rode past the largest grocery store called "Lays". We also found what used to be known as "The Dirt Road Mall" which now has a concrete street and street lights and has a large sign proclaiming it 'The Mexican Rodeo Drive". The shops along this two block long street are more of the artistic variety with the touristy ones peppered among them. As we left this area we followed a road that paralleled the railroad tracks. On the opposite side of the tracks were cardboard shanties while we biked past small homes with a few mansions scattered around. Almost all the side streets are dirt and sand. Only the main roads thru town are paved with sandy ruts up to the curbs. We biked about 14.5 miles but since it was mostly level roads, it wasn't a difficult ride.
We have gone past a pickup truck food stand several times since we arrived. This guy must be good because there are always people around his place so we decided to stop there for a late afternoon snack. I had a tostada with ceviche and John had a shrimp cocktail. Both were made as we watched and were very tasty.
The weather is about 10 degrees cooler than it has been the last few days with high winds. We watched the sun set into the sea before supper.
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