Day 7 Playa Norte Los Barriles BCS, Mexico

I caught the sunrise again this morning.

The manta rays were very active this morning, breaching the water like popping popcorn.  These rays have a wingspan of at least 18 feet.  They are very acrobatic and we have seen them flipping gracefully through the air and landing with a great smack on the water.  It is very hard to get pictures because their behavior is so erratic and unpredictable.  

I took a beach walk again this morning.  It is so beautiful here.

The girls also walking along the beach this morning.

We packed our breakfast and drove to Punta Arena.  It took us a little while to find our way on the sandy roads…but we found the lighthouse.  Once again, we found ourselves all alone on an incredible piece of paradise!

This calf was nursing as we approached, he bolted to the opposite side of the road as we passed by and mama cow did not appear to be too happy with us.

This afternoon we went back to Smokey’s Smoke House to watch the Daytona 500.

Tim’s favorite driver, Denny Hamlin won again! It is Denny’s 3rd Daytona 500 win in the last 5 years.

There was a bad wreck at the end of the race and the emergency crews had to cut Ryan Newman from his car…a sobering reminder that this is a dangerous sport. We hope that he is okay.