We’ve spent the last three days visiting ports in Mexico, a country we’re very familiar with and very fond of. Because we’ve been here so often we opted not to do any of the excursions that were offered. Instead, Ken went golfing with Pam as his (sort of) caddy.
First stop was Manzanillo, Mexico’s busiest port city. We passed miles and miles of ship containers on the drive from the port to the golf course. Golfing in Mexico and Hawaii has been the plan all along, and Ken’s been storing his golf clubs under the bed in anticipation of this day. Today’s outing was at Las Hadas, the most famous of the city’s resorts because it was featured in the Bo Derek/Dudley Moore movie, “10.” The course was VERY challenging – we’ve never seen so many hazards and it took longer to find some of the holes than to play them. Ken lost 6 balls along the way, but the day was beautiful and we had a great time.
Day two was our favorite Mexican city, Puerto Vallarta. Here we were greeted by a Mariachi Band, typical P.V. Ken played a course he originally golfed with his friends Pat and Scott nearly 20 years ago. It was a perfect day for golf – bright blue skies, temperatures in the mid-70s. Ken remembered that the last time the guys played the course there were crocodiles in the water, and sure enough as we made our way around the course we saw lots of signs warning us about the crocodile habitats, but we weren’t seeing any crocodiles. Until we got to the 6th hole or so. As we made our way to Ken’s excellent drive we went right past a big ol’ croc laying right next to one of those warning signs. Talk about “getting the picture!” Not long after that we counted SIX more spread out in one of the water hazards, and so it continued through the rest of the course. Made for some pretty exciting golf, we gotta say. Fortunately, Ken’s shots were spot on and we didn’t tick off any crocs.
Day three was supposed to be golf in Cabo San Lucas, but when we realized we wouldn’t be teeing off until 1:00 p.m. we quickly traded that plan for a day at the pool. Given the Cabo afternoon sun, that was a wise decision indeed!
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