Simply Belle

Two days before our trip, the forecast wasn’t that good. It said it was going to rain all day for two days in a row. I was having second thoughts about going, but my husband believed that the weather in where we were going is usually sunny when it is raining in our area. So, off we went.

It was unusually foggy the day we left. Rain started pouring when we were about halfway through our destination. There were pools of water on the road. My husband considered turning around, but we thought it was too much driving to do in one day to go all the way back. So, we just continued on and decided to get a hotel and a good Mexican seafood dinner.

It took us a while to pick out the best room in the hotel we stayed in. I wanted a good view of Sea Cortez, so the hotel attendant gave us the room facing the bay. But, when we opened the room, there was water all over the floor that entered under the door due to the storm. So, I went down and asked for another room, and it was just as bad. We then opted to get a room away from the bay, and this time, it was nice and dry. Hey, that is Mexico, by the way.

We then grabbed a bite to eat. It took us a while to find a good restaurant. It was so dark and rainy that it was hard to see where we were going. One guy was going the wrong direction in a one-way lane. We were trying to gauge the restaurant by how busy they were inside, but since the weather was bad, most restaurants were empty. We saw this one restaurant, which was adorned with Christmas lights and had several cars parked outside. We decided to take it as we were getting hungry. I was craving for authentic Mexican food but the menu looked gringorized with french fries and boiled carrots on the side although the serving was generous. I ordered fresh fish pouched in its own juice, flavored with tomatoes and onions, while my husband went for the huge shrimps that the place is famous for. It was good but a bit pricey. We paid $16 per order.

These pictures were taken the next day when the weather improved but with gale force winds. It wasn’t easy taking these as the wind practically knocked us off from the balcony, but still, we managed to get some decent shots.

Can you see the Pelicans going against the wind? I thought it was weird.

The storm created pools of water everywhere.

This is the fish market where I bought fresh jumbo shrimps, scallops, chicken fish, and asparagus.

An orange house/structure that stuck out like a sore thumb in the middle of the desert.

I had to brave strong wind to take this picture.

Rocky Point Fishing Wharf

Fishing boat

After we finished taking the above pictures, we packed our bags and headed home as there was not much we could do with the prevailing weather condition.

It surely feels good to be home.