Saturday, March 28, 2015

The Warm Side of the Pacific Ocean



Our good friends and family know how the rain has been part of our  vacation experience ever since we got married. Geographic locations known for being arid become rainy when we visit.  Seasons that normally don't produce rain suddenly become eligible for Guinness for the absurdity of rain.  So has been our experience for the past twenty years.  Although last year our fate began improving.  Vancouver remained dry for the length of our stay (although it was cloudy and overcast when we arrived) Gibsons was extremely beautiful and welcomed us with amazing tepid weather.   Yesterday we were more than pleasantly surprised by the excellent, beautiful, ideal (for us) weather.  Puerto Vallarta today, and for the remainder of our stay will be in the mid 70's, and breezy.  Is it a trend we are starting here? Have we drained the possibilities and the odds of rain occurring wherever we are to the point where we have zero moisture on our next vacations?
Whatever fluke or twist of fate we are having, we welcome it! Thank you Puerto Vallarta for keeping us comfortable and dry.
Thank you Puerto Vallarta for the rest and relaxation we so desperately need.  Thank you for the Palapa we are sitting under that provides us shade and protection from the midday sun.  Thank you for the regional typical fish dinner we had yesterday when we arrived.  We had never had "pescado sarandeado" (smoked fish on the grill) and we don't know if it was the starvation mode we were on or if it truly was really tasty.  So far on our first full day here, we have all good things to say about Puerto Vallarta.   We hope the experience extends for the next three days.

❤️ Vallarta
(as the locals call it)

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