beach rise

 
The highlight of our Mexico trip was rising with the sun and recording the colors of the morning reflecting on the water and awaking in the sky...

(check out the sun-bow reflected in the water in the picture above and in the sky in the picture below)

barney

When in a pinch,

 a barnacle covered screen makes

an interesting beach photo subject.

sand and surf

The art of waves and small unidentified creatures buried in the sand.

my clam digger

While I happily collected snapshots Jay picked up enough shells to fill a suitcase.

Shells were not the only thing he found....

Early the next morning....

(note the sun-bow reflected in the water)

beach pm

We got to the little fishing village on Tuesday as the tide went out and just before the sun set. Had we made high tide we would have observed the daily routine of the fishing boats coming in and the entire village converging on the beach to help bring in the catch. 

As it was, the beach was quiet and deserted. We piled out of the Blue Corn Express into the parking lot of the hotel and the rest of while the group headed to the office to secure rooms I was drawn, as if by a magnet, to the waters edge.

The shutter was clicking long before the toes reached the water. 

I contentedly walked and danced and explored and admired for the golden hour until the sun was extinguished by the great blue water.